Cold Front Arrives Tomorrow

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

Mother Nature is finally sending some cooler air our direction Wednesday. Even though it won't feel like it, pack a light jacket with you Wednesday because you will more than likely need it on your way home from work or school Wednesday afternoon.

Folks in the Northern Big Country can expect to feel the effects of the cold front by late morning. In the Central Big Country after the lunch hour, and the Southern Big Country by about 5 o'clock.

This cold front will arrive dry with no rain chance unfortunately. What we will have to watch for will be shower and possible severe thunderstorm chances Saturday.

An upper level system is getting organized near Baja California and will begin to move our direction Friday. Our rain chances are dependant on the track of the system across the Western and Southern US. Right now we are carrying a 30% chance of thunderstorms Saturday.

It's still a little too early to get too excited, but some models are beginning to show consistancy in bringing a major arctic blast into the Big Country Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. In Abilene the average first freeze is November 19th which is next Saturday. If this front holds true to the current forecast thinking, we could see that first freeze a couple of days earlier than average.