Weekend Outlook: December 22-25, 2023

Quiet weather is expected for the vast majority of Christmas weekend.

The winter solstice occurs at 10:27pm tonight. Days start getting longer tomorrow until June. Images provided by the Farmer’s Almanac.

Summer officially begins at 10:27pm this evening in the southern hemisphere, which means that is when winter begins here. While it’ll be seasonably chilly to start, much of the holiday weekend won’t feel a lot like winter. We’ll have high pressure in control to start, a chilly night tonight, and a cool by sunny day on Friday. Clouds start to move in Friday night and Saturday ahead of a weak disturbance heading this way from the Midwest. It may produce a few rain or snow showers late Saturday night or early Sunday morning as it moves through, but most of us will remain dry. After that, high pressure builds back in for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with dry and mild conditions.

Temperatures could approach 50 Christmas afternoon. Image provided by WeatherBell.

Thursday night: Clear and chilly. Low 16-23.

Friday: Plenty of sunshine. High 31-38.

Friday night: Clear to partly cloudy. Low 18-25.

Saturday: Increasing clouds. High 37-44.

Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, a rain or snow shower possible after midnight. Low 28-35.

Christmas Eve: More clouds than sunshine, milder. High 42-49.

Sunday night: Partly to mostly cloudy. Low 31-38.

Christmas Day: Partly sunny. High 45-52.

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