Hanukkah has begun and we are just 3 weeks away from the Christmas holiday.  Usually, the holidays has people thinking hot cocoa, snow and lighting a good fire in the fireplace.  Instead, as we move deeper into December our warmer than average fall continues.

We’re looking at a set up this weekend that will be ‘almost’ perfect to get record breaking warmth in here.  “Almost” is only because our wind direction may not be THE most optimal for the warmest temperatures, but we’ll be pretty darn toasty for December standards.

Temps will climb into the 50s for the remainder of the week. By the weekend, a large high will be situated off of the coast and a cold front slicing through the mid-section of the country.  This is a good set up to send warmth our way.

60-65 is likely on Sunday and into the 60s  with increasing rain chances on Monday.  The above graph shows possible temps going into Monday.  The records this weekend including Monday are 60 degrees inland.

There are some signs of decent cool downs here and there, but overall, no sign of the pattern changing in December.  If we can get a storm to meet up with one of these cool downs, we could be in business for a little winter.. so far, no luck.

Snow fans will have to hold on..