Soggy Start To Huntersville Holiday Travel: Christmas Forecast

HUNTERSVILLE, NC -- There’s no chance for a white Christmas this year in the Charlotte-metro region, but instead a soggy one. Rain moves into the Charlotte-metro region early Wednesday morning, with chances for it to linger in the forecast going into the holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the piedmont of North Carolina Dec. 20, saying the region would see continuous rainfall Wednesday. “High rainfall rates will be possible at times leading to storm total amounts of one to two inches before tapering off this evening,” it said.

While rain is in the forecast every day this weekend, there is a sliver of good news. Grey skies will clear out briefly and slick roads will have a chance to dry out Thursday, which is considered to be the peak travel day for holiday road travel. Thursday will be partly sunny with highs near 50, and lows around 41.

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The chance of rain is most pronounced Saturday and Christmas Eve on Sunday, but the sun is expected to come back out Christmas Day.

Here is the National Weather Service’s forecast leading into the Christmas Eve weekend:

Today (Dec. 20)
Showers before 1pm, then rain between 1pm and 4pm, then showers after 4pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. High near 55. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain between midnight and 1am. Patchy fog. Low around 41. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday (Dec. 21)
Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Calm wind.
Friday (Dec. 22)
A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Saturday (Dec. 23)
A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.
Saturday Night
A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Sunday (Christmas Eve)
A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.