Pro tips for talking about this absurdly warm Christmas

But Christmas Eve will be the real jaw-dropper; we’re expecting temps in the mid-70s. “We have had this large area of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere”, he said.

The National Weather Service is forecasting a record-breaking high of 84 degrees on Christmas Eve, and a record-tieing high of 83 degrees on Christmas Day in the Tampa area. No rainfall is anticipated but the boundaries will help reinforce the dry air in place. Christmas Eve will see some showers and passing clouds but also a little bit of sun.

The day will start off with scattered showers and light rain, which will taper off in the evening hours, he said, leaving York with a cloudy Christmas Eve and a low temperature of around 50.

Meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City, N.C., are promising us a warm but wet Christmas week for the Outer Banks.

Temperatures will hit somewhere between ten and 15 degrees – although it will be slightly chillier in the mountains and the northeast at seven to ten degrees.

Widespread record highs will not only be challenged but shattered in many towns and cities.

So far, this is what we have good confidence in concerning this weekend: Cooler weather will return. “But, that’s just me and, no, I’m not moving north in case anyone wants to say that”. For December 2015, the average high is 47.5 with an average low of 34.7, making the average low for this December higher than the average high in normal years.

Pennie Anne Wolf said she was hoping for a break from the heat to get a break on her power bill.

Rain chance tapers to 30% overnight and fog rolls in early, so Rudolf’s bright red nose will come in handy.

“It’s not going to be rainy the way it is on Wednesday”, Coyle said.