NORAD Tracks Santa, Stormy Weather Expected

WARWICK, RI — The National Weather Service forecasts a stormy Christmas, with a low of 50 degrees Christmas Eve in Warwick, as children are invited to join millions worldwide watching for St. Nick via the NORAD Santa tracker website, toll-free call center and social media accounts.

Stormy Christmas

So, get your outdoor Christmas visits in tonight. The NWS has issued both a high wind warning and a flood watch for the area starting in the first few hours of Christmas Day, at midnight for the wind and 5 a.m. for the floods. It’s not a great time to be traveling if you’re not using reindeer.

NORAD, Santa, and You

Children speculate on the whereabouts of Kris Kringle each Christmas Eve as months of anticipation near their Christmas Day crescendo. NORAD, the The North American Aerospace Command, has been helping them zero in on the Jolly Old Elf’s airborne sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, with Rudolph leading the team, since 1955.

The 64th NORAD Tracks Santa mission includes the website, social media channels, “Santa Cam” streaming video and a call center that will be operating around the clock on Dec. 24. More than 1,400 volunteers are expected to join NORAD on Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs to help track Santa’s journey, the agency reports.

On Dec. 24, children may call 1-877-HI-NORAD for Santa’s up-to-date location. People can also follow NORAD Tracks Santa on Twitter at @noradsanta and Facebook atwww.facebook.com/noradsanta.

All day today, Dec. 24, NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations. Then, at 6 a.m., trackers worldwide can speak with a live phone operator to inquire as to Santa’s whereabouts by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723); by sending an email [email protected] by following the official NORAD Tracks Santa social media channels.