Speaker 1: 0:00

Hi, this is meteorologist Steve Pelletier and I am the weatherman. Thanks for checking into theweathermanpodcom On this Saturday. It is the 21st day of the month of December and it is the first day of winter, the winter solstice officially occurring at 421 am Eastern Standard Time, and a big area of high pressure is moving down out of the Great Lakes towards much of the east, and during the daytime on Friday and Friday evening we had areas of snow. So it looks like with that cold air that's going to be moving in to the northeast from the central and northern Plains states right through the Great Lakes and right to at least the mid-Atlantic and northeast, in many places there will be a white Christmas because of the very cold weather that's coming and also the possibility that we might even see some snow showers around the mid-atlantic and northeast sometime on later Tuesday and Tuesday night, christmas Eve and on Christmas Day. In the meantime. For your Saturday looks like our weather situation just cold or high. Temperatures will range between 30 and 35, a clearing trend, as the storms are now further offshore. The high pressure cell is over the central Great Lakes and it's going to be building eastward, so it looks like a sunny day in the afternoon after some early snow showers and flurries and then in the afternoon with that sunshine or temperatures will only go between 30 and 35, generally from DC up to the Boston area. A bit colder up in the southern and eastern portion of the Great Lakes where the cloud cover will linger and there'll be some snow showers into the afternoon hours there. But we're also looking at clear and cold weather at night, with nighttime lows back into the middle teens and it looks like sunshine for Sunday. Sunday's high is only 25 to 30. But by Monday also partial sunshine, temperatures remaining on the cold side in the lower 30s. That possibility of some light snow or snow showers.

Speaker 1: 1:43

For Tuesday, christmas Eve day. If you're flying on this Saturday, it looks like we've got great weather down in Atlanta, down in Miami also Charlotte, no problems there. Dc, philly, new York City probably a few delays into the New York area because of the stronger north wind tends to change the runways around a bit and with those stronger gusts sometimes there are some delays because of the way that they have to land into the wind. And also looking at generally fair conditions up in the Boston area, although there will be some snow showers. So some slight delays in those places. If you go to Cleveland, we've got those lake effect snow showers squalls in and around that area. Also, south of Lake Ontario, around Rochester, across through Syracuse, there's also going to be some lake effect snow showers in that place there, so maybe a few delays into there if you're flying in those places.

Speaker 1: 2:26

South Florida looking dry, also Texas dry but cold up in the Minneapolis-St Paul area. Chicago also looking fair and dry, as does Omaha. On the west coast a little bit of cloud cover for Southern California, but looks like some rain for San Francisco and rainy weather for Portland and up in Seattle as well. So looks like generally good weather for flying most places on this Saturday. A few light delays, but no major weather systems to really cause major delays for Saturday or even on Sunday as well, and we will update your forecast on Sunday. On Sunday morning Probably get it in there sometime a little bit past midnight, but in the meantime have yourself a great Saturday and keep warm. It's going to be cold over the next several days across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Take care.