Rain continues through Saturday, Christmas looks dry and cool

The high for Christmas Day is being projected at about 48 degrees, according to the National Weather Service’s Pueblo office. “(The old snow) won’t be melting before Monday. Rudolf’s nose is more than powerful enough to make it through this weather and still deliver present to all the children.

Looking ahead to next week temperatures will remain in the middle 50s on Monday, but then warm into the low-middle 60s on Tuesday. Chance of rain 60 percent. It will be breezy at times today as the system moves through with a southwesterly wind that could gust up to 25 miles per hour.

Kalina said forecasters are fairly confident their prediction of snow on Christmas will hold, even if the snowfall is minimal. Winds: NE 5-10 miles per hour. Cloudy, with a low around 32. A south southwest wind of 5 to 8 miles per hour will become calm after midnight. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Any plans that you have Saturday evening for Christmas Eve or Hanukkah will be just fine with dry weather expected and temps in the upper 30s to low 40s.

The forecast is for mostly sunny skies on Christmas Day with a high around 25. East northeast wind 9 to 15 miles per hour.

Total precipitation amounts from this system will be light, with most places only see one or two tenths of an inch of liquid.

New Mexico has a chance for a White Christmas as a quick-hitting storm system moves in from the West Saturday night. North wind 6 to 10 miles per hour. Wind will be the biggest problem of the day on Christmas however. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 23. East southeast wind 14 to 16 miles per hour.

Rain will become likely Sunday night and Monday.

Friday: Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers.

Series of disturbances to bring several chances for rain in the week ahead. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.

The forecast for Saturday will be mild and mainly dry across the state.

Friday night: Rain showers developing.