This Christmas could be the warmest on record for parts of the central US

Cities like Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City could break records for their warmest Christmas ever recorded this year.

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00:00Well, we have a very warm Christmas week for many in the South Central, the Central Plains,

00:06and also into parts of the Southeast.

00:08Atlanta's going to be nosing into near-record highs on Thursday, Christmas Day as well.

00:12Unseasonable warmth for many in the Central U.S.

00:15That's going to obviously restrict the snow cover and the areas that will see a full inch of snow on the ground on Christmas Day,

00:21the white Christmas to parts of areas maybe mainly north of I-80 and really high probability north of I-90,

00:30areas like the Great Lakes region and the northernmost parts of the plains in the upper Midwest.

00:34Farther south, we're going to see a little snow tonight into early Tuesday in southern New England,

00:39but will we see a full inch on the ground still on Christmas Day after a little melting?

00:44Maybe not.

00:45We will see some significant snow in some of these areas then on the day after Christmas,

00:49but that's a day too late.

00:51So Christmas Day, we have lots of warmth in the plains and across the south,

00:56and again, a pretty good contrast in air masses from the Great Lakes area to the warmth.

01:01St. Louis, look at this.

01:02We're forecasting 69 degrees.

01:04That would be the third warmest Christmas on record in St. Louis.

01:07The record high for Christmas Day is 71 from 1889.

01:10Probably not going to get quite that warm, but will be a top three warmest Christmas there.

01:14Kansas City, 69 degrees.

01:16That would be the record warmest in Kansas City.

01:19Three degrees above, or two degrees above the previous record from 103 years ago.

01:23In Wichita, 73.

01:25That would smash the record and climb to the warmest Christmas on record there.

01:30And we're doing a similar thing in Oklahoma City.

01:3278.

01:33That would smash the record high by five degrees.

01:36So your official IQ weather forecast, very warm.

01:38Dallas, 78.

01:39That would be a tie for third warmest Christmas on record with two other years.

01:44So a lot of warmth is coming, and we'll close with a look at Atlanta.

01:46We're making a run for the record high at 75.

01:4875.