Good Saturday and Merry Christmas Eve. We have a pretty fun little setup for our Christmas weekend, and it’s one that can lead to a huge temperature swing for the big day. This fun look can really crank up next week as winter starts to flex a little muscle before we end the year.

Today’s rains will be heavy at times early this morning, then we see some scattered stuff taking over in the afternoon and for Christmas Eve. Temps will range from the low 40s north to the low and mid 50s in the far south an west.

Christmas Day will find warmer air fighting in from the south, but the cold in the north won’t give up without a fight. Temps for Christmas afternoon can range from the low 40s north to near 70 in the south. What??! Check this out from the NAM…

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Temps on Monday surge well into the 60s for the entire state as winds become gusty from the southwest. This is ahead of a cold front that will bring a band of rain and some thunder into town later in the day into Monday night. Chillier air comes in behind that.

A stronger cold front moves in on Wednesday and could bring snow showers and flurries behind it for Thursday and Friday. Here’s the GFS…

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The European for the same time…

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That brings us to New Year’s Eve and Day, and another potential winter weather maker. The European Model basically brings part of the Polar Vortex into the eastern part of the country…

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Watch how the coldest Anomalies in North America move right into our part of the world…

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You can see how warm things get in Alaska and Greenland. That’s because of the blocking going up in those regions, forcing the cold into the country.

I will hook you up with another update or two later today.

Merry Christmas and take care.