What does the weather hold in store for Christmas and the rest of the year?

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AccuWeather's long-range expert breaks down the patterns that will affect weather across the country for the final weeks of 2023, including your chances for a white Christmas.

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00:00 Beyond the weekend storm along the East Coast,

00:01 what can we expect moving forward?

00:03 We're gonna head to Bernie Rayno and AccuWeather

00:04 long range expert Joe Lumberg to find out.

00:07 - As we take a look ahead to next week, Joe,

00:14 there are some similarities in the pattern

00:17 that we've been going through this week.

00:19 - There are, Bernie.

00:20 You look at the three things to know about next week.

00:22 There's gonna be some cold in the Northeast.

00:24 We saw it this past week, but then it retreats,

00:26 and it's really nothing out of the ordinary.

00:28 It'll be dry and mild again from the plains

00:30 to the Southeast for much of the week.

00:33 It will turn wet in the West,

00:34 and that could mean some changes as we go into the week

00:37 after Christmas across the country.

00:39 Let's look at the pattern for next week,

00:40 and as you mentioned, pretty similar.

00:42 Bulge in the jet stream in the nation's midsection,

00:44 which means dry and mild for the most part

00:46 through the heart of next week.

00:48 There is some wetness that'll finally get into California

00:50 from that dip in the jet stream.

00:51 That's one of the differences from this week to next week.

00:53 Cold in the Northeast after that storm departs,

00:56 but even that starts to retreat

00:58 by the time we get to Thursday and Friday.

00:59 - All right, Joe, everybody wants to know,

01:01 why Christmas, just by that map alone,

01:03 it doesn't look good for much of the country.

01:05 - Yeah, I say thumbs down at that point in time.

01:08 Kid me says, "Yeah, I'd like to see some snow,"

01:09 but for much of the plains on East,

01:11 you're just not gonna see any snow at all.

01:13 And even on Christmas Day,

01:15 maybe there's a little chance of it up in here,

01:16 but that's about the best chance right now.

01:18 Mountains of the Northeast will probably see some snow

01:20 on the ground as well and in the Rockies, but that's it.

01:22 - All right, Joe, you and the Long Range team

01:24 already looking at the last week of 2023,

01:26 and something has caught your eye.

01:28 - Yeah, keep an eye on a system coming into California

01:31 maybe next weekend.

01:32 As it comes out into the Plains states,

01:34 it may cause an area of low pressure to form,

01:36 and as it does, it will track eastward.

01:38 Beneficial rain seem likely during the week

01:40 between Christmas and New Year's

01:41 across the Southern tier states.

01:43 If some cold air can get injected as the storm comes east,

01:46 on the Northern side of it,

01:47 there may be some wintry precipitation,

01:49 something to keep an eye on as we get past Christmas.

01:52 - All right, good stuff out there.

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