DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS? - Keep On Dreaming

(12/22/2015)

The region is highly unlikely to see snow for Christmas Day, says the National Weather Service. Temperatures are expected to stay relatively warm for the foreseeable future with a high in the 60s or higher through the week. It's going to rain, but Christmas Day could be a bit dryer. According to the National Weather Service, people who live in the lower elevations of West Virginia only have at least 1 inch of snow on Christmas only about two out of every 10 years. In the mountains, that probability goes up to six out of every 10 years. The last time Charleston had a white Christmas was 2010, according to the Weather Service. The record high for Dec. 25 in Charleston was 76 degrees in 1982. The NWS said climate change may be partly to blame for this year's warm December. Local residents will have to tolerate stories from oldtimers about how Winter use to be. Last week, the first snow flurry event of the year ended with lots of black ice on county highways with vehicle accidents.

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