Rain arrives as Santa heads to Cincinnati

FORECAST, A LOT OF US ARE ADJUSTING OURSELVES TO OUR MIDWEST CHRTMISASN I THE 60’S. KEVIN: IT IS KIND OF LIKE BEING IN SOUTH FLORIDA I GUESS SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT USED TO SEEING TEMPERATURES THIS WARM ON AVERAGE. IN FACT, JUST FOR COMPARISON, LAST CHRISTMAS, THE AFTERNOON HIGH WAS 19 DEGREES. HWEAD A FEW FLUIERRS AROUND. THIS CHRISTMAS, A COMPLEET 180 BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT NEED A HEAVY JACKET. ASHL:EY I AM NOT COMPLAINING, JUST SHOCKED. KEVIN: I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE PERMITTED I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IS THIS ETH NEW NORM, WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT MOVING FORWARD? I WOULD NOT ACCEPT EVERY CHRISTMAS TO BE LIKE THIS. ASHLEY: YOU ARE TELLING US THIS WASN’T EL NIÑO WINTER. KEVIN: LA NIÑA, THE OPPOSITE OF EL NIÑO. AS A RESULT, THE COLD AIR TENDS TO BE CKLOED UP IN CANADA AND IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IN FT,AC IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SNOW AND STORMY, WINTRY WEATHER, YOU HAVE TO HEAD OUT TO THE ROCKIES, THE CASCADE, THE PACIFIC NORTHSTWE, SEATTLE, PORTLAND. THAT IS WHERE THE WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. CERTAINLY NOT ACROSS THE EAST. IN FACT, HEREON TIGHT, RADAISR QUIET. WE HAVE CLOUDS THAT ROLLED IN, NOT YIELDING ANY RAIN YET, BUT THEY WILL IN DUE TIME. HERE IS THE WEATHER MAP TONIGHT. MILD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BUT THERE IS EVEN MILDER AIR LURKING TO OUR SOUTH. IN FACT, ST. LOUIS, FOR EXAMPLE, 72 DEGREES ON CHRISTMAS E.VE THAT IS SOME OF THE MILD AIR THAT IS GOING TO SURGE IN HERE TOMORROW AND BRING US THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW RECORD-BREAKINGR O RECORD-BREAKING WARMTH ON CHRISTMAS DAY. AMI ALSO TRACKING THE STORM CENTER OUT YOUR KANSAS CITY. IT IS GOING TO HEAD UP TOWARDS CHICAGO AT OVER TO AROUND CLEVELAND. BECAUSE WE WILL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT, WE ENJOY THE WARM CHRISTMAS DAY BUT ALSO RUN THE RISK OF RAIN. IN FACT, RAIN IS A PRETTY GOOD LIKELIODHO AND MOST LIKELY TO BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL ON CHRISTMAS DAY TOMORROW. WE WILL HAVE SOME SHOWERS AROUND HERE ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP LATER ON TONIGHT, PROBABLY AFTER 9:00 OR 10:00, AND THEN ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN AS WE CLOSE OUT THE WEEKEND ON SUNDAY NIGHT. BUT THAT SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER BENGALS ACTION. YOUR CHRISTMAS OUTOKLO HERE TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TOWARDS 60. IT WILL STAY BREEZY OUT. OF COURSE COME ON CHRISTMAS DAY, RAIN IS LIKELY WITH NEAR RECORD-SETTING WARMTH. RIGHT NOW WITH THE CLOUDSND A RAIN AROUND, WE MAY COME UP A DEGREE OR TWO SHY OF 66. THAT IS THE RECORD FOR TOMORROW. WE WILL SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT. IT IS 57 OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. THERE IS THE BRISK SOUTHWESTERLY WIND. AGAIN, IT WILL STAY BREEZY THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EKWEEND. JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, 60 IN MAYSVILLE. 56 IN BATAVIA. SOMAN IS A 54. LOW 50’S IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. LET ME SHOW YOU THE FUTURECAST. SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE AFTER 9:00 OR 10:00. MIDNIGHT, THEY MAY BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD. ALL OF THISS I VERY LIGHT. THE MORE IMPACTFUL RAIN MOVES IN BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. WHILE I DO NOT THINK IT IS A WASHOUT CHRISTMAS MORNING, BECAUSE I THINK FOR SEVERAL HOURS WE WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THE RAIN, THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR WHAT WEATHER AROUND AND POTENTIALLY EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. I THINK BY 6:00, THE RAIN IS OUT OF HERE AND TH WE ENSTART TO COOL OFF AS WE HEAD INTO CHRISTMAS DAY NIGHT. THERE IS A LOOK AT WHICH ABE A. NICE DAY FORFOOTBALL ON SUNDAY BEFORE WE CLOUD UP AND RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT SOME SPOTTY -- THERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT SHOULD BE A NICE DAY FOR FOOTBALL ON SUNDAY BEFORE WE CLOUD UP AND RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST HALF OF YOUR DAY IMPACTED THEM -- THE MOST TOMORR.OW HERE IS YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. THERE IS A LOOK AT 55 ON SUNDAY SO IT STAYS MILD THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HOW ABOUT ON MONDAY? I AM GOING CONSERVATIVE HERE. THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS WE COULD GET OVER 70 ON MONDAY. WE WILL SEE. I WILL KEEP IT IN THE 60’S FOR NOW. OBVIOUSLY,T I IS PRETTY WARM ALMOST THROUGH THE END OF 2021. JUST AS WE TGE TO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, SOME COOLER AIR GETS IN HERE. THAT IS STILL NOT BAD FOR THE END

Christmas forecast: Rain arrives as Santa heads to Cincinnati

Updated: 5:35 PM EST Dec 24, 2021

Our rainy pattern begins Friday. South breezes remain gusty at times through the Christmas holiday weekend resulting in very mild temperatures and near record warmth.We're about 20 degrees warmer Friday morning compared to Thursday. It will be cloudy, mild and breezy Friday with the potential for a few showers. Any showers will be light and brief, and most hold off until after sunset. Highs climb to the mid/upper 50s. In fact, temperatures will keep rising overnight Friday, starting Christmas morning with temperatures in the 60s.Rain will be more impactful Christmas Day with the threat for even a few storms. Expect a slight cool down during the late afternoon/evening as temperatures fall into the 50s. Depending on shower coverage, the record high of 66 could be in jeopardy.Sunday will be cooler with mostly cloudy skies during the day giving way to some rain by evening. Highs will be in the low 50s. The Bengals game is looking dry for now with rain waiting until later in the evening. Lows Sunday night will fall to the low/mid 40s.Things get more interesting overnight Sunday as temperatures rise into the low 60s again and there will be threat for more rain early Monday morning before temperatures fall again during the day. The weather pattern will remain mild and stormy through the end of 2021 with both storm and flood threats. Rain looks likely Tuesday-Wednesday with a chance for storms, too.

CINCINNATI —

Our rainy pattern begins Friday. South breezes remain gusty at times through the Christmas holiday weekend resulting in very mild temperatures and near record warmth.

We're about 20 degrees warmer Friday morning compared to Thursday. It will be cloudy, mild and breezy Friday with the potential for a few showers. Any showers will be light and brief, and most hold off until after sunset.

Highs climb to the mid/upper 50s. In fact, temperatures will keep rising overnight Friday, starting Christmas morning with temperatures in the 60s.

Rain will be more impactful Christmas Day with the threat for even a few storms. Expect a slight cool down during the late afternoon/evening as temperatures fall into the 50s. Depending on shower coverage, the record high of 66 could be in jeopardy.

Sunday will be cooler with mostly cloudy skies during the day giving way to some rain by evening. Highs will be in the low 50s. The Bengals game is looking dry for now with rain waiting until later in the evening. Lows Sunday night will fall to the low/mid 40s.

Things get more interesting overnight Sunday as temperatures rise into the low 60s again and there will be threat for more rain early Monday morning before temperatures fall again during the day.

The weather pattern will remain mild and stormy through the end of 2021 with both storm and flood threats. Rain looks likely Tuesday-Wednesday with a chance for storms, too.