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Christmas Day Forecast
Winter Storm Watch Friday
Expected Ice Amounts Friday
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It will be a cloudy but mild Christmas 2025. A few lingering showers are possible early in the morning, especially near U.S. 30. Otherwise, temperatures will start in the low to mid 30s early Christmas morning and warm into generally the low to mid 40s during the afternoon.
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Winter Storm Watch for inland areas of Northwest Pennsylvania in effect from 7 AM to 10 PM Friday for ice accumulations around one quarter inch. Ice accumulations of one hundredth to one tenth of an inch possible elsewhere.
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A wintry mix of snow and freezing rain will spread across the region Friday morning. Precipitation will change to plain rain by 11 AM in most of northern Ohio, but pockets of freezing rain will linger in far Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania through the evening. This will result in up to 0.25 inch of ice accumulation in inland Northwest Pennsylvania, with 0.01 to 0.10 inch elsewhere.
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Extreme Heat/Cold Resources
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WWUS71 KCLE 200556
NPWCLE
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1256 AM EST Sat Dec 20 2025
PAZ001-200700-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-251220T0600Z/
Northern Erie-
Including the cities of Erie
1256 AM EST Sat Dec 20 2025
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...
Winds have decreased across the region.
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High Wind Resources
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WWUS71 KCLE 200556
NPWCLE
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1256 AM EST Sat Dec 20 2025
PAZ001-200700-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-251220T0600Z/
Northern Erie-
Including the cities of Erie
1256 AM EST Sat Dec 20 2025
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...
Winds have decreased across the region.
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