Unseasonably mild weather is going to dominate the upcoming holidays.

That's the word from Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln, who told the Hart Media Group on the WHOW Morning Show Monday temperatures the next few days are going to gradually increase to where we could see record highs on Christmas Day.

According to Shimon, a large heat dome has set up out west and has pushed the winter jet stream north into Canada created a warm air mass that is going to set up over the Midwest - probably for a couple of weeks.

Shimon reminds, this time of the year temperatures are generally in the 30s, so to reach 60 degrees on Christmas Day will be very much out of the norm.

Shimon indicates the warm air is going to stick around into the New Year holiday as well. Additionally, thanks to all the moisture of December, drought conditions are starting to ease. We'll hear more from Shimon later this week at the Hart Media Group.