With the big December holiday only one week out, an expert lays out the chances of having snow during that time.

Iowa State Climatologist Justin Glisan tells Raccoon Valley Radio that for the last three years, the month of December has been warmer than usual. He notes with the snow activity that hit the state a couple of times already, this December is off to a more normal start. Glisan indicates that the snow that has come through Iowa is classified as what he terms “dry snow.”

“Typically across the state, the snow to liquid ratio of an event, if we average out all the events of 10 or 12 to one. So, it would take 10 inches of snow pact to get one inch of water out of it. That dry snow that we had with the very fine snowflakes was 70 to one with some of the dry snow that you can get.”

Looking at the upcoming weather forecast, Glisan concludes that the latter half of December as well as January will see above average temperatures with a slight possibility of snow being on the ground in Iowa for the Christmas holiday. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will range between the low 20s to the mid-40s now through Christmas Day.