10p.m. Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

First I'd like to thank everyone who donated food or money today to the 20th annual Share Your Christmas drive benefitting The Food Bank of West Central Texas. We can't thank you enough for all of your donations.

Secondly, it may not be too late to ask Santa for a snow shovel, although, you may need it before he arrives. We are setting up for a very cold week next week and possible a snowy week as well.

As the jet stream takes a big dip or forms a trough in the central and southern United States, we will begin to feel the arctic air by Monday. In fact, Monday's high temperatures will likely take place overnight and temperatures will hold in the middle to lower 30s through the day or maybe even drop as the day goes on.

The next forecast problem will be precipitation. We have an under 20% chance of rain/freezing rain/sleet Friday night into Saturday. I'm not too concerned about this event. The bigger concerns lie with Monday through Wednesday. We already know the cold air will get here, the next question will be moisture. I'm fairly certain, we will begin to see precipitation in some form Monday afternoon. Then by Monday night, it should change over to snow in the Northern and Central Big Country. One computer model is calling for 3 to 5 inches on the ground by Tuesday evening. I'm not totally convinced of this just yet, we'll have to wait and see how things work out.

Either way, stay tuned over the next few days. As we get closer to next week we will have a much better handle on how things will evolve.