Part of the country will see accumulating snow on Christmas Eve, while others will have a rain-filled Christmas Day. Here's what you can expect.
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00:00 Now a place like Chicago,
00:01 a big travel hub.
00:02 There will be some concerns here.
00:04 Moving forward,
00:05 we've got some rain moving across
00:06 the center of the nation Thursday
00:08 into Friday temperature wise.
00:09 You're above average.
00:10 These El Nino winters are typically
00:11 going to be mild for you and sure
00:14 enough you got 40s for highs,
00:15 but not the greatest travel
00:17 weather in the Windy City.
00:18 Thursday and Friday you're going
00:20 to see some showers out there and
00:22 this is a look at your late week weather.
00:24 Your Thursday and Friday time frame.
00:26 Here comes an area of rain.
00:27 There could be a few thunderstorms
00:29 as you head farther South into Texas,
00:31 but from Chicago to Kansas City.
00:33 Down to Dallas,
00:34 some pretty big airports.
00:35 There could be some issues here for
00:37 travelers and also Southern California.
00:39 Of course,
00:39 in the Thursday to Friday time frame,
00:41 take a place like Denver,
00:43 Colorado here folks.
00:44 We look great here for the next three days.
00:46 A big travel hub for the West,
00:48 but into the weekend things are
00:50 going to change in a big way in a
00:52 place like the Mile High City Saturday
00:54 into Sunday a couple of storms are
00:56 going to merge right over the Rocky
00:58 Mountains, which is essential for snow,
01:00 especially in Denver Saturday night.
01:01 Through Sunday,
01:02 where you could see an inch or two,
01:04 but there'll be higher amounts
01:06 up in the mountains.
01:07 So your Saturday travel here folks
01:09 with some rain across portions of
01:11 the southern and northeastern US
01:12 and some mountain snow in the West.
01:14 Some issues for for traveling and
01:16 then looking ahead to your weekend
01:18 weather there's that snow that breaks
01:20 out across the northern Rockies into
01:21 Colorado and also into the northern
01:23 plains with some wet weather between
01:25 Kansas City and the Gulf Coast.
01:27 So looking ahead to your Christmas Eve,
01:29 this is your Sunday travel.
01:31 That red area is where there could
01:33 be some accumulating snow that could
01:35 also be rain from Minneapolis
01:36 southward to the Gulf Coast.
01:38 Your Christmas Day does show snow
01:39 across the interior portions of
01:41 the of the Northwest there.
01:43 So yeah, there could be some problems,
01:45 but otherwise it's just rain from
01:47 Chicago southward on your Christmas.