Messy Weather Leading Up To Christmas – National Weather Outlook For December 23, 2023

by | Dec 23, 2023 | Weather

National Weather Forecast

On the Saturday before Christmas, we will be tracking several lows in the Plains that will be slowly moving eastward, bringing the chance of rain and snow from the Rockies and Four Corners region into the central United States. An additional low moving across the Great Lakes brings some rain chances to the region in addition to snowflakes into the Northeast.

Through Sunday, the heaviest additional rainfall will be from the Desert Southwest to the Southern Plains, where 2-4” of rain will be possible.

The heaviest snow through Christmas Eve will be in the western mountains – particularly in the Rockies and Cascades.

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