PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Another warm day is on tap for this Sunday as a ridge of high pressure continues to hold strong.
This is amazing, our average high this time of year is around 65 degrees. Today’s high temperature will be almost 15 degrees above that.
We are expecting a few high thin clouds, but otherwise dry conditions through the afternoon and evening.
That ridge of high pressure will hold strong through Tuesday.
The next big change is a low-pressure system that is off the coast of California, which will move inland and bring us a few clouds and a chance of rain starting on Christmas Eve.
Because of that, we have issued a First Alert for both Wednesday and Thursday.
So far, we have about a 30 percent chance of showers starting in the afternoon on Christmas Eve and lasting through Christmas Day.
Temps will drop as well with highs still above average, in the mid-70s.
So far, for this first wave, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it looks like most of the action will take place in the Northwest part of the state.
The weather will stay unsettled through New Year’s, and as we get closer to Jan 1st, temperatures will drop, increasing the chance of rainfall.
With the temps dropping, we could also see a better chance of mountain snowfall to start the New Year.
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