Delmarva enjoys a bright and seasonable Christmas Eve before unsettled weather arrives, including a storm system late Friday, rain late Sunday, and sharply colder conditions early next week.
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Delmarva will see breezy and seasonable conditions through Christmas Day before an increasingly active and potentially wintry pattern takes shape heading into the weekend and early next week.
Residents in Sussex County and the southern half of the Delmarva Peninsula can expect a chilly and mostly calm Christmas Eve and Day, with minor weather disturbances clearing out tonight and high pressure bringing mostly sunny skies for the holiday.
A weak clipper system is bringing cloudy skies to Delmarva on Christmas Eve, with clearing skies and cooler temperatures expected tonight. High pressure will provide mostly dry and sunny conditions for Christmas Day, with highs in the low 40s. A warming trend is forecast through the weekend, followed by rain late Sunday into early next week.
A weak disturbance will bring a light round of wintry precipitation to Sussex County early Tuesday, with warmer conditions expected by the afternoon.
A cold and sunny day as an arctic high-pressure system over New England shifts offshore. A clipper system moving in from the Midwest will bring the possibility of light wintry precipitation on Christmas Eve morning, with cool and dry conditions to follow for Christmas Day. Temperatures are expected to remain below normal through the week, gradually warming into the weekend.
Delmarva will face frigid temperatures as an Arctic high-pressure system brings some of the coldest weather in years. Lows may dip into the single digits Sunday night, with daytime highs struggling to rise above the upper 20s to low 30s. A weak system could bring light snow or rain showers late Monday into Christmas Eve, followed by moderating temperatures heading into the holiday weekend.