This Map Shows Chance Of a White Christmas In West Chester

By KARA SEYMOUR

If you were hoping for a white Christmas, this probably won’t be your year.

The Weather Channel has released its ”White Christmas Forecast” for 2015 and the likelihood of a snowy holiday is low.

According to the Weather Channel, white Christmas is defined as one in which there is at least one inch of snow on the ground that day.

The map provided by the Weather Channel literally offers a literally a zero probability of a white Christmas in the Philadelphia area in 2015. Central and Western parts of the state have a slightly higher chance.

Most of New Jersey will be without snow this Christmas, too. The Weather Channel’s map gives a portion of Northwestern New Jersey a small chance of a white Christmas.

The Washington Post reports this month’s mild conditions could be one for the record books. It may be one of the warmest Decembers on recordfor Pennsylvania, according to the Post. Forecasters attribute the mild weather to a strong El Nino pattern.

Michael Ventrice, a seasonal forecaster at WSI, says December 2015 is expected to feature “near record warm weather” in the northern U.S.

“The highly anomalous warmth in December that is anticipated to develop across North America is attributed to weather patterns driven by the strongest El Nino observed in our data archives,” Ventrice said.