Storms may disrupt travel ahead of Christmas

The forecast across most of the U.S. for Christmas Day is fairly mild, but rain and snow in the days before could cause travel problems.

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00:00Last thing we're watching out for is going to be, are you ready for Christmas?

00:03Here's the latest update here, our AccuWeather exclusive update for Christmas.

00:06It looks like we're going to see a wet Christmas Eve here from the southern plains into the

00:10northeast. And for the northeast, we will see a chance of snowfall here for there and also across

00:15the northwest. So some areas will see some snowfall on Christmas Eve, but temperature-wise on

00:19Christmas Eve, you could see some freezing temperatures across the northern plains,

00:23but other than that, it's going to be very warm and mild Christmas Eve.

00:26Yeah, not shabby here. I mean, in comparison to where temperatures fall this weekend across

00:33the Great Lakes, the upper Midwest, the northeast, Christmas, Christmas Eve, honestly looking pretty

00:37mild in comparison. So at least we're on the upward swing, mild across the central U.S.

00:42for the actual big day. Here we have the showers, though, locked in across a lot of the Ohio

00:48and Tennessee Valley.

00:49And we will see some snow chances there on Christmas Day, but temperature-wise on Christmas

00:53Day, it's going to be hard to find areas that are below freezing for afternoon highs.

00:58All right. Speaking of the holidays, a lot of people are, of course, doing travel this

01:04season, right? At least you don't have a lot of problems to deal with. There are some minor delays

01:09in South Florida and Miami. Of course, these are not due to weather, more so due to volume and

01:15capacity. But overall, we have seen green lights here for the most part today. Even areas where

01:23we've seen some of that snow, they are de-icing in areas like Minneapolis, Burlington, they're

01:27de-icing. And also in Akron, Ohio, they are de-icing as well. Though the overall picture,

01:35we're staying pretty low in comparison to our historical averages when it comes to our

01:39AccuWeather U.S. flight cancellation forecast. With that, here are some driving safety tips

01:44in the snow. If you do have any travel, reduce that speed. Make sure you're not tailgating and

01:50avoid locking up those brakes and don't power up hills.