New Year's Eve Fireworks Outlook: A Few Troublesome Areas
It’s almost that time to celebrate the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023! Troublesome weather could join you as celebrate with fireworks on both coasts, while it will be smooth-sailing for most of the nation’s midsection.
A low pressure system will slide northeasterly along the Eastern Seaboard New Year’s Eve, which will also pull a cold front through the region. Moderate to briefly heavy rain will damper any outdoor activities from the Mid-Atlantic into New England as the clock strikes Midnight. Be sure to grab your raincoats and umbrellas if you’re in places like Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston to watch the fireworks.
Some rain and snow showers could be found along this cold front in the Great Lakes, including Detroit. Meanwhile, a few showers will also be possible across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys into the Southeast and the northern half of Florida. Cities that could have a few sprinkles join in on the celebration include Cleveland, Nashville, Tenn., Raleigh, N.C., Atlanta and Orlando.
A weak disturbance will zip across the Upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest. A light wintry mix of snow, freezing rain and rain is possible for places like Minneapolis, with showers potentially soaking those outdoors in Des Moines, Iowa, and St. Louis.
A large Pacific storm system will enter the West Coast on New Year’s Eve. Rain showers will soak those waiting for the Midnight firework show from southern California into southern Nevada, including Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Snow will also fall from the Sierra Nevada through the Great Basin and into the central Rockies. Fireworks spectators will want to bring a warm coat and snow boots in cities like Reno, Nev., Salt Lake City and Grand Junction, Colo.
Rain and snow showers will also cover the Northwest into the northern Rockies but will be much lighter than across the rest of the West. Some light freezing rain could also mix in at times. Anyone in Seattle and Portland, Ore., to Boise, Idaho, and Billings, Mont., should be prepared to dodge a few sprinkles or snowflakes.
Despite the cloud cover, dry weather will be perfect to enjoy the firework show across the Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley and Deep South.
It will be quite cold across the interior Northwest, northern and central Rockies and northern Plains to ring in the New Year. Temperatures will drop into single digits, teens and lower 20s here, so make sure to bundle up if you’re headed outdoors! Twenties, 30s and 40s are anticipated by Midnight across Pacific Northwest, the rest of the Mountain West and central Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes, Midwest, Ohio Valley and interior Northeast.
Milder weather will be in the forecast for the rest of the U.S., but you still may want to grab a jacket. Fifties and 60s will welcome 2023 for southern California into the Desert Southwest, southern Plains, Gulf Coast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and southern New England. A few lower 70s are possible as well across southern Florida.
