Temperature Begin To Climb...

Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi here...

After a chilly 35 degrees this morning at Abilene Regional Aiport, abundant sunshine warmed us back into the middle 70s.

The ridge of high pressure controlling our weather has shifted East just enough to allow winds at the surface to come back out of the South. These southerly winds are going to do a couple of things for us. One, allow a little more moisture to return to the Big Country. Two, the winds will keep the atmosphere stirred up enough to keep low temperatures from dropping off down into the 30s again.

Winds will be the biggest player in our forecast for the next several days. Expect winds to pick up to around 15 to 20 miles per hour Wednesday afternoon. After that, they should stay that strength and gusty through the extended forecast.

The next cold front that looks to affect the Big Country is scheduled to arrive late Saturday into early Sunday. As of right now, it appears that this front will arrive with little excitement. We probably won't get enough moisture back into the atmosphere for rain chances with the next cold front.

Please, go out and make it a GREAT day!