X-mas Sneak Peak

Everybody keeps asking me the same question, so I thought I might as well blog about it.  Here are my early impressions of how Christmas will go down in Central Arkansas.

First let me say a little disclaimer here.  These predictions are very, very early and are by no means the official forecast for Christmas.  It's just an interesting sneak preview at what could be coming to Arkansas on the big holiday.

Now that we have that formality out the way lets get to it.  From all the models I've seen it appears we will not have snow for Christmas (sorry folks) instead, it looks as though the holiday will be rather bright and chilly.

                               (GFS model showing cold showers early Christmas Eve morning)

                                  (GFS model showing a dry, cool pattern for Christmas morning)

Most long range models hint at a cold front swinging through the state early Christmas Eve and that will give us a chance at precipitation.  It is still way to soon to tell if we'll see any snowflakes from the front.  Only time will tell on that detail.  Later Christmas Eve we appear to dry out in Arkansas and cool down rapidly.

By Christmas day a big dome of high pressure will overrun the state causing for a bright sunny weather to come into the region.  In terms of temperatures we should be below normal at this point and into the 30's/40's.

There you go folks. A very early look at Christmas in Arkansas.  Be sure to keep checking out the blog and the forecast to see if indeed this kind of weather is coming to the Natural State.  Have a great week and stay warm out there.