Atmospheric River Bringing Heavy Rain to Southern California and Heavy Snow to the Sierra Nevadas

A strong atmospheric river will continue heavy rain over southern California through Friday. The heaviest rainfall is ongoing today in the Los Angeles Basin. Flash and urban flooding is possible. A prolonged heavy snowfall has begun over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and will continue through Friday. Travel will become increasingly difficult over the passes due to snow and strong winds. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 3:12:56 pm CST

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Record-breaking temperatures are expected throughout the holiday week and into Saturday.

A few showers will be possible Sunday afternoon as a cold front moves through the area.

Unseasonably warm through Saturday then cooler & windy on Sunday behind a strong cold front passage. Low chance for rain Sunday afternoon across our southeast but otherwise dry. Cooler starting early next week with a warming trend going into mid-week toward New Years Day.

The latest CPC 8-14 day outlook going into the first week of January 2026 is trending likely probabilities warmer than normal temperatures and near normal with precipitation (rain and/or melted wintry precipitation).

Abnormally dry areas across western Oklahoma and a portion of western north Texas has worsened a bit to a Moderate intensity drought in the last week. Overall, most areas south of I-40 remain under a Moderate to Severe Drought with a couple of areas in the Extreme intensity. Most of northern Oklahoma remains under no drought to abnormally dry conditions. It's been about 20-30 days since our area has had any significant rainfall and that was mainly south of I-40.

Local Weather History For December 25th...

On this date in 1922, the temperature in Oklahoma City warmed to 73
degrees, resulting in the warmest Christmas on record. The warmest
Christmas on record in Wichita Falls occurred in 1971, with the
mercury reaching 75 degrees. Back in 1983, the temperature fell to
minus 1 degree in Oklahoma City, and 5 degrees in Wichita Falls,
making it the coldest Christmas on record for both cities.

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