Day 3 Analysis

The Christmas Storm low pressure will move through Texas, as winds continue in New England.

12 Hour Forecasts

For 12 hours in advance, the cold front works its way through the South, while high pressure settles over the Gulf of Mexico. Mountain snow and rain in lower elevations continues, very heavy in many occasions.
1 day from today, the Plains will be in a nice lull as the precipitation continues in the West Coast. Low pressure moves onshore in the Southeast, with rain on the east side of the low.
36 hours in the future, The Rockies continue to be battered by precipitation on the West Coast. The low pressure in the Southeast is gone out to sea, as the cold front has stalled right off the Gulf Coast.
2 Days in advance, Up in New England, there is no precipitation, but it will be windy. The cold front off the Gulf of Mexico finally starts to move away from the South. The precipitation finally starts to die down in the Rockies as the low moves away into Texas and Oklahoma, producing heavy precipitation.

Images from HPC

Today's National Forecast

Good morning everyone! Above is your National Forecast for today by the HPC. We've got a cold front moving through the Southern US. It will create precipitation in the Southeast. Back out West, we have our Christmas Storm moving through the California coast. They've already had over a foot of rain, and over 2 feet of snow so far. Flash flooding will occur quickly as the Pineapple Express continues to ravage the west coast. Very heavy snow will occur in the mountains again. Landslides from both forms of precipitation are likely. As high pressure moves in from Canada, the Upper Midwest and Plains will be in a lull of precipitation. Snow and rain will occur in Maine and the New England area.

Current QPF (HPC)

Christmas Nor'easter Will not happen

EDIT: The post is correct. Storm will not occur.

Models, Ensembles taking storm out to sea.