Will it snow Wednesday?
In a few words: it's not likely.
While we are seeing a pattern that is becoming both wetter and colder, I don't see the storm next week coming together in the right way to give us a snow event.
First, a major honor for stage, screen, and song legend David Hasselhoff. People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2012? No, that title was inexplicably bestowed on wooden-acting douchecake Channing Tatum rather than The Hoff. Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2012? Nah. The readers' poll selected Kim Jong-Un for that distinction; the magazine's choice will be announced on December 19th, but is unlikely to honor the Hoff's immeasurable contributions to humanity. Past winners have included George W. Bush (twice!) and his daddy; Newt Gingrich; The Protestor; and even You.
Perhaps more importantly, Britons named the Christmas Consultant star as the person with whom they'd most like to have a Christmas photo taken.
(Apparently this poll was sponsored by Nikon, and Hasselhoff braved sub-freezing temperatures for a photo shoot that married Baywatch with Yuletide cheer--highlights of which I have sprinkled throughout this forecast.)
Here's what I think we can expect in the last two weeks of 2012:
Sunday 12/16: cloudy with a brief shower or two this afternoon; foggy tonight. High 54, low 42.
Monday 12/17: a foggy morning; then rainy, mostly in the afternoon and evening. High 52, low 44.
Tuesday 12/18: mostly cloudy and continued mild for this time of year. A shower or two early, then clearing and becoming quite windy. Temperatures dropping throughout the day. High 56, low 34.
Wednesday 12/19: partly to mostly cloudy; breezy and chilly. High 49, low 34.
Thursday 12/20: overcast with breezy conditions. Rain likely, especially later in the day. High 50, low 42.
Friday 12/21: sunny, super-windy, and colder. High of 42 will actually feel 10-15 degrees colder due to the wind. Low 29. (Note: if the world ends on this date, the above forecast is invalid--as are the ones below. I am 96.5% sure the world will not end on this date, however.)
Saturday 12/22: sunny and breezy. High 41, low 30.
Sunday 12/23: breezy and colder; partly cloudy. High 38, low 29.
Monday 12/24: continued cold; partly sunny. High 39, low 33.
Tuesday 12/25: varibly cloudy. Clouding up more as the day goes on. High 43, low 35.
Wednesday 12/26: overcast with rain showers, ending before temperatures drop below freezing. High 50, low 26.
Thursday 12/27: wintry mix to start, then becoming all rain. (Stay tuned for updates as this event becomes clearer.) High 43, low 31.
Friday 12/28: cloudy, chilly, breezy. High 42, low 30.
Saturday 12/29: cloudy, chilly, breezy. (Stop me if you've heard this before.) High 44, low 33.
Sunday 12/30: cloudy, milder, less breezy. High 49, low 34.
Monday 12/31: cloudy, a bit of rain. High 48, low 32.
Tuesday 1/1/13: cloudy and continued milder. High 50, low 36.
Thereafter: colder, with highs in the mid to upper 30s and lows in the mid to upper 20s. Next chance of frozen precipitation comes in January 5th and 6th...