More than 70% of the continental United States was covered in snow on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. On Tuesday, 73% of the lower 48 states were covered in snow, the highest percentage in the NWS's database, which dates back to 2003.
the gray is where we could expect to be one to three inches and then the white is three to six. you notice the bull s eye over west texas but that s it. no other snow is to be had. except for maybe in the extreme northern rockies. so this is the current snow cover map around the country. the blue shading shows you where there is snow on the ground. only 30% of the country is going to be seeing a white christmas. much of the east coast, northern england, areas as far north as wisconsin and minnesota, not looking at a white christmas. as far as the christmas eve forecast goes, texas is the only storm on the map. rain develops from san antonio to houston. the travel map looks great. yesterday was a great day for travel. today it looks very nice, too. a final look at your christmas day forecast. no snow really on the map. we will be watching rain and maybe heavy rain in places like louisiana and in the pacific northwest, that s where we will