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But, according to AccuWeather.com, a White Christmas does not appear to be in the cards this year due to continued pushes of milder air.
“If you’re dreaming of a White Christmas, I’m sorry to say that it may be just a dream this year for most of us.” said AccuWeather Director of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin.
As shown in the first image above, only areas in the far west and parts of northern New York and New England rate as "fair" (shown in light blue) or "good" (shown in royal blue) as far as the chances of having a White Christmas.
That will be a far cry from a year ago, DePodwin notes, when "60 percent of the country’s population was hit with extreme winter weather unleashed by a far-reaching bomb cyclone just before Christmas.”
Just after Christmas Day, "there could be a period of rain and wet snow" in the Northeast, according to AccuWeather Long-Range Expert Paul Pastelok.
The time frame for the latest start-of-week storm is Sunday night, Dec. 17 into Monday, Dec. 18, with the heaviest precipitation on Monday, the National Weather Service says. Precipitation could linger on Tuesday, Dec. 19, with light snow possible in interior areas.
A widespread 2 inches of rainfall is expected, with locally higher amounts of up to around 4 inches or more.
Rain could lead to flooding, causing travel difficulties on Monday.
Saturday will be the calm before the storm with mostly sunny skies and a high temperature of around 50 degrees.
Skies will thicken overnight Saturday, leading to a mostly cloudy day on Sunday ahead of the storm's arrival. The high temperature will be around 50 degrees.
Rainfall will move up from the south in the early to middle of the afternoon on Sunday, with rain becoming steady overnight into Monday.
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