New York Post

YULE FEEL WARM

And forget snow

- By ELIZABETH ROSNER & SOPHIA ROSENBAUM

New Yorkers can dream of a white Christmas all they want — but, once again, it ain’t gonna happen.

There’s no chance of snow this Christmas, meteorolog­ists said, meaning it will be the seventh year in a row the city will go snowless for the holidays.

“For those that were looking for a white Christmas, it’s not going to happen,” said senior AccuWeathe­r meteorolog­ist Tom Kines.

Dave Dombek, another senior AccuWeathe­r meteorolog­ist, said, “The odds are pretty small — it’s less than a one in four chance. It may even be one in 10.”

But many city dwellers weren’t putting their faith in the forecast, instead hoping for a Christmas miracle.

“Santa is magic and will make it snow,” insisted Rosie Callahan, a 72-year-old retired teacher from Brooklyn.

Ryan Ayre, a 33-yearold Upper East Side resident, quipped, “We’ve been surprised once this year by the White House. I’m not ruling out a white Christmas.”

Even when there were snow-covered streets back in 2009, there weren’t any fresh flakes falling on Christmas Day — it was just day-sold snow turning brown and melting from a big storm that dropped nearly 10 inches earlier in the week.

In 2008, the city was blanketed by a few inches of snow on Christmas Eve — but Mother Nature dashed hopes of snow on the holiday itself when temps hit 58 degrees that day.

Some people only consider it a white Christmas if snow is actually falling that day — and the last time that happened was back in 2002.

Christmas Day will be “pleasant,” with temperatur­es nearing 50 degrees — nearly 10 degrees above the average for this time of year.

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