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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Christmas Eve day, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023

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December 24th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: Rain, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog between 11am and 1pm. High near 56. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: Rain. Low around 34. West wind 11 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Christmas Day: Rain, possibly mixed with snow before 1pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 1pm and 4pm, then rain and snow likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain after 4pm. High near 39. Breezy, with a north wind 13 to 16 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday Night: Rain and snow likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 7pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 7pm and 1am, then a slight chance of snow after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 10 to 13 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A chance of snow before 4am, then a slight chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 7am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 55. Our Low was 34. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 10 and the Low was -8. The Record High on Dec. 24th was 55 in 1893 & 1964, and the Record Low was -23 in 1983. Sunrise is 7:44. Sunset is 4:54.