We Got An Early Christmas Present! :)

Well, this first snow of the season yesterday was a HIT that's for sure! Everyone was out around the area with the shovels. No they didn't need to shovel much but if you ask me they were all out just to enjoy the snow! :) I know I did lol. And my pictures show it below.
After doing all the updates early yesterday morning and then the road report I thought I would use what extra time I had to mess around outside and see what I came up with. As you can see the Colts was the first thing that came to mind lol. This stayed up for a little while however it soon fell apart later on that evening :( lol :) And I also found out a little something cool about snowmen! :) See if you can see below.

I snuck up behind him and look what I found!
That's right even the snowmen and snow - women are keeping a close eye on JIWB! LOL :) Well, I got bad news for this nice little snowman above! Yes, I'm sorry to say but the snow wont last long after today's over. Today we will be watching a little bit of everything move into the area. We look to start out with a little snow that doesn't look to add up to much. This will then start to slowly change over to a mixture and then rain as the day continues into Christmas Eve...

Does this mean we won't see a white Christmas? (Well) : Most Likely Not. And here's why I'm not thinking a white Christmas below.
You can see how the low pressure system will set up to our south west by late Christmas Eve. This puts us on the warm side of the storm. As the low pressure system spins counter clockwise it will continue to pull up those warmer temperatures from the golf and pull down the really cold air from the north. We WILL see a huge cool down however this wont happen until after the low pressure starts to move off to our north. Our cool down will happen closer to the late morning to the afternoon of Christmas Day. So by the time we really become cold enough for all snow most of the storms precipitation and energy will be passed our area.

However to our west they could be looking at blizzard conditions. Yes, winds blowing over 50 mph will be possible! And snowfall any where between 5" and 10" inches or more will be likely before all is said and done! We on the other hand will see winds today start to pick up as the day continues. We will start out with winds between 15 and 20 mph with them gusting to near 25 mph by this evening / tonight. Winds will be blowing between 20 and 25 mph on Christmas eve, And gusting between 30 and 35 mph at times! Then on Christmas Day we will be looking for winds between 35 and 40 mph possible! Some gusts near 45 mph at times cannot be ruled out...

So here's the Quick Cast for Christmas Eve, And Christmas Day.

Christmas Quick Cast..............................

Christmas Eve we will look for rain showers to over take the WLFI viewing area. We can expect rain showers through out much if not all of the day. I currently look for rainfall between a quarter and a half inch possible. Highs will be mild in the upper 30s to low 40s. Lows will be in the low 30s. Winds look between 20 and 25 mph with gusts to 30 - 35 mph possible.

Christmas Day will be a wet one for the most part. We will start out with rain showers in the morning hours. Then at this time as we head into that late morning / early afternoon we should start to see things change over to more of a mixture. Then as we head into that night we will see it try and change over to all snow . We can look for another quarter to a half inch of rain possible. We will see highs in the middle 30s however the temperature will be (Falling) as the day goes on do to all that cold polar air dropping in from the north. Lows will be really cold falling into the middle to upper teens! Winds look between 35 and 40 mph with a few gusts near 45 mph not being ruled out! This means we will be watching those wind chills closely that's for sure!
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So everyone, I will continue to tweak this forecast for you all. This way we stay on top of things and you all have a SAFE travel! Get to your family safe! That's what counts. So it's looking like we will miss out on the snow for Christmas this time around however just remember the beautiful snowy morning we seen yesterday! Think of that as your early Christmas present! :) And snow doesn't make Christmas, It's just the icing on the cake! When it comes to Christmas all that really matters is being together with your family and showing how much you care and love them. And most of all it's Jesus's Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!! AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!