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Subscribe to RSSThe storm out of California could bring snow on Christmas to parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, places that haven't seen that happen in more than 80 years. The Weather Channel's Julie Martin reports.
A major winter storm that on Sunday was dumping steady rain and snow on Northern California could strengthen as it makes its way east, promising a White Christmas – and travel headaches – for a wide swath of the country.
The storm will deposit snow from California’s Sierra mountains to New England through Friday morning, forecasters said. “Unfortunately, this occurs not only during the Christmas holiday, but also in the peak travel period after Christmas Day in the South, Midwest and East,” weather.com said.
Forecasters warned that roads would become treacherous Christmas Day and Christmas night from the High Plains of western Kansas and the Texas Panhandle eastward into Oklahoma, extreme north Texas, Arkansas and into the mid-Mississippi Valley.
There was also the potential for severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, hail and tornadoes in parts of the South on Christmas Day, said Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel’s severe weather expert.
The storm was expected to reach the Northeast Wednesday, bringing gusty winds and widespread precipitation. Whether that precipitation will be snow or rain remains to be seen.
Millions are on the move the Sunday before Christmas, and while the holiday outlook has improved from recent days, weather might continue to disrupt travel plans in some parts of the country. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
“For now, snow seems most likely in the interior Northeast, with the potential for rain or perhaps a wintry mix to start in the major metros,” weather.com said.
The new storm comes on the heels of another storm that buried parts of Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin in more than a foot of snow last week and led to thousands of flight delays or cancellations.
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so basically it may rain OR snow....unless of course it doesn't.
Translation: "Ya wanna know what the weather's like? Look out your window."
Another snow job. It might and it might not. I'll just stay home and smoke on it. Merry Christmas Tramp.
i hope it rains...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58
and i buy everything from your site...so plese give me your home adress so i can properly thank you
and ya just know this " expert" makes 6 figures....for guessing.....boy am i in the wrong racket.....
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.
my back isnt.
buy a 2 stage
bring one over and demonstrate it for me, couple times should do it. then i promise i will buy one...come july...really
so...if i am reading this map correctly...the further north you go the greater percentage of chance of snow ....right?...wow such unabridged confidence .who else would have stuck their neck out so far as to make such a profound prediction.
Hey Tramp. So you can read a map? I'am just funning you. Take care of your back if it snows.
I am 99% sure we are one day closer to snow. I have been studying weather patterns over the years and I have always been correct in this one. We are also one day closer to the end of the world, but that prediction is for another discussion.
Can I get a job at MSNBC?
Dear a---rand. NO.
Snow in December? Where is the news?
It said snow in Oklahoma. That's news.
Not really Oklahoma City and Tulsa average 9.5" and 10" of snow each year for the last 63 years.
Yeah, but do we gotta keep getting it all all in one day?
I predict that it will be warm in the summer.
At least weather forecasts are more accurate than Mayan end of the world forecasts from thousands of years ago.
The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world, crazy white folk just claimed they did.
I had read a long time ago that by the year 2000 that weather forecasts would be 85% accurate. OK, so where else can you have a job where that's an acceptable percentage for accuracy: Doctor, auto mechanic, pilot... just about anything else has the expectation of a 99% or greater.... but hey, they go to school for YEARS to be able to predict weather. I am told that the US Navy has people that can predict the weather with 100% accuracy. The National Weather Service should hire THEM!
And of course you believe everything you're told.
A lot of people told you the world would end yesterday, so why are you still here?
Now I'm telling you: go wash my car. Do as you're told!
Umm God? I'm looking at the world you created, I'm thinking you;re not really one to seek advice from...
but nice job on the platypus, must have cooked it up right after cannibis?
booneia
the worlds a great place....the people however..................
Global warming is a multi-billion dollar racket, now. Thanks to the flat-earth deniers & anti-truth goobers!
Dear C D. So, according to you, there's no global warming, the earth is flat, and the rest is incomprehensible. Try clarity.
There is no global warming. They changed the name to climate change.
Still no snow in Forecast for southwestern MO. Our weather man is very accurate, usually, but then he is not in charge of the weather, is he?
Is the weather really changing so that it's hard to predict or are meteorologists getting dumber?
Let it snow, let it snow, Republicans blow.
Haha, everyone is making fun - I like that. :-)
And now I will tell about the weather in Portland, Oregon ... walking to my window ... looking out ... hmm: it is raining!
Raining in Oregon? Now there's a rare occurence!
Just keep turning up the heat! Bring that natural gas glut down.
Merry Cristmas!!!!
I love snow......but I hate terrible traffic.
So,I will just stay at home and chat with my biker friends on my favorite site BikerUnity do net.....hahaha......
burp
uh got news for ya......
How are people okay with living in that awful weather? Yuck.
Jeeps
weather doesn't hppen there? where exactly is that? and who cleans up after the unicorns?
Although I hate scooping snow much of the Midwest could use these types of storms each week for the next few months to replenish the ground of the moisture lost last summer. So let it snow and Happy Holidays to everyone. Be safe out there.
Two stage blower will take anything Iowa throws. And it's fun.
lol.... Although a blower would be nice I can't justify spending the money on one when most years it may get used only 2 or 3 times. If it gets too deep I have 5 kiddos that can grab a shovel too. Plus there's nothing wrong with a little physical labor.
Hope we get over three feet in the east.
if ya do where are you going to buy shoes?
but hey when Miami comes to foxboro....that works.....
Seeing is believing.
This is an OUTRAGE!!
thats what she said...guess the ol honeymoon didn't go as well as planned eh?
I think we need to ban snow and cold weather since they create deaths, injuries, and stress.
Thank goodness I have to work and don't have to deal with the traveling. :(
At least I'm gonna get a sweet paycheck.
cool glad your standing fast.
now can i substitute onion rings in lieu of fries at no extra charge?
Can I get the fries with no salt?