Latest Storm Update: Christmas Eve Travel Will Be Difficult

The good news for motorists looking to travel on Christmas Eve is you won’t have to deal with the wintry white stuff, but unfortunately you’ll be dealing with heavy rains, gusty winds, patchy fog, and maybe even some thunder.

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for all of southeastern New York.

Once the rain starts, it’s never really going to let up until sometime midmorning on Christmas Day, forecasters say—and then it’s going to get cold.

“It will be interesting, because temps during the day on Wednesday will likely be in the mid to upper 40s… and then it will actually warm up overnight Christmas Eve,“ says Hudson Valley Weather. “When this front reaches us, there will be plenty of moisture to work with… and the Hudson Valley could see widespread rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches.”

If you have to travel on Christmas Eve, the National Weather Service recommends the earlier the better because the heaviest rain is forecast for late Wednesday, and the winds will really begin to gust, which could lead to power outages.

At night, winds are expected to gust to up to 20-25 miles per hour, and another three quarters of an inch is predicted. Thunder is expected on Christmas Eve as well.

The rain will end between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Christmas Day but winds will gust between 20-40 miles per hour, and temperatures will plummet from a high of 58 degrees to a low of 35 on Christmas night.

GRAPHIC: Accuweather.com

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