Merry Christmas Eve bloggers,
We are tracking a rather large storm system for the Christmas holiday. It is forming today and will not exit the middle of the U.S. until Wednesday.
We are in for a rainy and unseasonably warm Christmas Eve. The rainfall may break a record — the record rainfall on Christmas Eve in the KC area is 1.65", set in 1895.
There is a blizzard warning in Nebraska as it rains at International Falls, Minnesota, which is on the Canadian border.
It is a battle between the "Heat Miser" and "Cold Miser." Yes, I am old enough to remember them. And, yes, my train-fanatic son has train cars for the Misers!
The "Heat Miser" is winning this year, as most locations will be too warm for snow.
![MISER HEAT.jpg](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0edc625/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x533+0+0/resize/1280x355!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F19%2Fac%2F049178c34e329e6bb5e4b84df64e%2Fmiser-heat.jpg)
![MISER COLD.jpg](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bf7d92d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x569+0+0/resize/1280x379!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff8%2Fa2%2F5b583fd04bae8de356111bf30447%2Fmiser-cold.jpg)
What is going on?
Details are in the five-and-a-half-minute video below.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Stay healthy.
Please DO NOT drink/text drive as there is a Drunk/Texting while driving warning in effect.
This is in memory of all who have been injured or killed in drunk/texting while driving accidents. We started showing this over 30 years ago in memory of Nathan McDuffie, who lost his life in a drunk driving accident.
![Drunk driving warning.jpg](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c6b32df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F45%2F8a%2F7b6fe3fa43f6a316b481c2e02fa4%2Fdrunk-driving-warning.jpg)