Christmas Weather Forecasts (cloud, fog, windchill, highs)

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by P London

Well I have no experiences with dry snow or whatever, but we do see snow that settles accumalates and can last for a good couples of days after. Though to tends to partially melt during the day and then re freeze making it icy and horrid.

Well, the snow here up on the mountains is not that sloppy nonsense. Theres different types of snow.

You get Sloppy, Wet, Dry. Sloppy is so wet that its half full of water, Wet is just full of water and dry has hardly any water.

[P London]

I was aware that theres different types of snow dry and wet. Us in the UK only get that wet type. Maybe excluding some occasions

[Mac15]

Yes but there's different types of wet. You can get snow that's so wet that it's almost all water. That's why southern Alaska gets so much snow.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by owenc

Yes but there's different types of wet. You can get snow that's so wet that it's almost all water. That's why southern Alaska gets so much snow.

They get so much snow because they get so much precipitation. Drier snow can mean bigger accumulations for a given amount of precip, than wet snow.

[P London]

Originally Posted by owenc

Yes but there's different types of wet. You can get snow that's so wet that it's almost all water. That's why southern Alaska gets so much snow.

Well if the snow flake is almost water then its sleet. And southern Alaska as Mountains plus it gets plowed with pacific low pressure systems that produces snow right along the rockies mountain range.

[flamingGalah!]

Latest Accuweather forecast for here:

Xmas Eve: Drizzle: High: 11C Low: 8C
Xmas Day: Chance of showers: High: 10C Low: 5C
Boxing Day: Partly sunny: High: 8C Low: 4C

BBC/Met Office says:

Xmas Eve: Light rain: High: 12C Low: 8C
Xmas Day: Light shower: High: 10C Low: 7C
Boxing Day: Partly sunny: High: 9C Low: 6C

So safe to say no white Christmas here...

[nei]

Originally Posted by owenc

Yes but there's different types of wet. You can get snow that's so wet that it's almost all water. That's why southern Alaska gets so much snow.

No. Dry snow has a higher snow: water ratio (up to 30 inches of snow = 1 inch of water for dry snow, more like 10 inches for wet snow) so the same amount of precipitation will result in more snow in a dry snow event. Southern Alaska is cold enough and gets a lot of winter precipitation.

[nei]

Originally Posted by P London

Well if the snow flake is almost water then its sleet.

Sleet would mean it's frozen not liquid, though I know sleet means something different in the UK.

[ChesterNZ]

Finally close enough that the forecasts are worth paying attention to. Looks like being a wet, cloudy Xmas this year with a brief window of warmth:

Tomorrow

24 Dec
Drizzle
24°C High
14°C Overnight
Often cloudy, drizzle at times. Northeasterlies.
Issued: 3:21am 23 Dec




Tuesday

25 Dec
Few showers
28°C High
16°C Overnight
Morning drizzle clearing. Northerlies.
Issued: 1:14pm 22 Dec




Wednesday

26 Dec
Rain
24°C High
12°C Overnight
Rain and southerlies developing.
Issued: 1:14pm 22 Dec

[RWood]

Originally Posted by ChesterNZ

Finally close enough that the forecasts are worth paying attention to. Looks like being a wet, cloudy Xmas this year with a brief window of warmth:

Tomorrow

24 Dec
Drizzle
24°C High
14°C Overnight
Often cloudy, drizzle at times. Northeasterlies.
Issued: 3:21am 23 Dec




Tuesday

25 Dec
Few showers
28°C High
16°C Overnight
Morning drizzle clearing. Northerlies.
Issued: 1:14pm 22 Dec




Wednesday

26 Dec
Rain
24°C High
12°C Overnight
Rain and southerlies developing.
Issued: 1:14pm 22 Dec

Refer the summer post ...