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: Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 11:10:44 pm CST

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Christmas Morning Fog

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Fog development is expected across portions of Oklahoma and western-north Texas on Christmas morning. Dense fog (visibility at or below 1/4-mile) will be possible, especially across northern and southwestern Oklahoma.

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

Christmas day will be warm. Highs expected to be as much as 25 degrees warmer than average for late December. Some areas may see fog in the morning with skies becoming partly sunny during the afternoon with southwest winds gusting 20-30 mph by the afternoon. Potential cloud cover could affect breaking any temperatures records in the afternoon.

Unseasonably warm and dry conditions this week into Saturday. A pattern change is forecast to bring cooler tmperatures by the end of the weekend.

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).

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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