Christmas Heat Wave Coming To North Potomac

NORTH POTOMAC, MD — Hoping for a White Christmas in Montgomery County? Forget about it. It's looking like we won't even have a chilly one.

Spring-like temperatures are expected to dominate from now until Dec. 25, according to the latest forecast from Weather.com.

In fact, highs are expected to surge near 60 degrees on Tuesday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 23. For all the other days, they should hover in the 50s, with a forecasted high in the mid 50s on Christmas Day.

Thursday will be a bit chilly, with highs hitting 45 degrees and lows plunging to below freezing, but it will warm right back up on Friday. We should get a fair amount of rain on Friday and Saturday before things dry up on Christmas Eve.

After that, the temperatures are expected to suddenly dip into the 30s and 20s, and we have a few chances for snow in the week after Christmas.

"A slow-moving cold front brings a good chance of rain Saturday, when highs are in the 50s — possibly near 60 if it's not too rainy — and overnight lows are in the 40s," writes the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. "The front may still not be all the way through the region on Sunday, Christmas Eve, meaning considerable cloud cover and still the chance of scattered showers. It may well remain mild, with highs in the 50s."

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