Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Lingers in California; Winter Storm Impacting the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

An atmospheric river will wind down through today across California with lingering heavy rainfall, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturday morning. Areas of tree damage and power outages are possible. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 5:36:39 pm CST

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

Abnormally Warm through Saturday

Strong Cold Front Sunday

A Cold Start & Seasonable End to Next Week

Christmas 2025 Among the Warmest On Record

10th Anniversary of the Dec 26th Tornado Outbreak

Well above normal temperatures are expected to persist through Saturday, preceding the arrival of the next cold front. Highs will likely reach the upper 70s to mid 80s, with lows generally staying in the 60s.

Sunday night’s cold front will bring a chance of showers followed by much colder weather. Prepare for wind chills in the teens and 20s Sunday night into Monday morning!

A late Sunday cold front will bring colder temperatures to kick off next week, with highs in the 40s and 50s. Expect conditions to warm back up into the 60s mid to late week, with seasonably warm weather in store for New Year's Day.

While neither DFW or Waco broke their record highs of 82 degrees for today, both still rank among the warmest Christmas Days on record. DFW hit 80 degrees, tying with 2016 for the second warmest Christmas ever, while Waco hit 78 degrees, tying it with three other years for the third warmest Christmas.

This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the fatal December 26, 2015 tornado outbreak. 12 tornadoes and 13 fatalities unfortunately occurred, most of which were with the Sunnyvale-Garland-Rowlett EF-4. Only 13 other years have recorded at least 1 tornado in the month of December acorss North and Central Texas, and it ranks 4th for the number of tornadoes in a 24-hour period in December for our area. Learn more about this historic event: weather.gov/fwd/dec26tornadoes