Sunday, December 4, 2005

FROM METEOROLOGIST JASON MYERS......


WHAT A CHANGE ONE DAY CAN MAKE. WITH SATURDAY'S HIGH REACHING A RECORD 87 DEGREES, TEMPERATURES QUICKLY DROPPED BY SUNDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY REACHING 46 DEGREES AT THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT....ALL THANKS TO A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE BIG COUNTRY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE STAYING AROUND A LITTLE LONGER THIS WEEK.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY PROVIDING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE, AND A NORTHERLY WIND ON MONDAY, HIGHS WILL BE STAYING RATHER CHILLY. MONDAY WILL START OFF COLD WITH A LOW OF 23 DEGREES MONDAY MORNING AND THEN REACHING 49 DEGREES BY THE AFTERNOON.
TUESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER AS THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TO THE EAST GIVING US A SOUTHERLY FLOW, PROVIDING WARMER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE BIG COUNTRY.
TUESDAY WILL BE SEASONAL WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING, A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BIG COUNTRY, BRINGING IN SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR WE'VE SEE ALL SEASON.
MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE 28 AND 20 DEGRESS, RESPECTIVELY.
HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL NOT GET OUT OF THE LOW TO MID 30S, WITH THE COLD, ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SNOW FLURRIES ON WEDNESDAY, YET THAT IS ONLY A SLIM CHANCE, BECAUSE THE AIR IS SO DRY OVER THE BIG COUNTRY.
THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING A SNOW FLURRY WOULD BE TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTH OF ABILENE, DUE TO MORE OF A MOISTURE SUPPLY.
AT THIS POINT, ANY FLURRIES THAT DO APPEAR WILL ONLY BE LIGHT AND OCCASIONAL...GIVING NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION.
BUNDLE UP THIS WEEK AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR LAYERS IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE.

ALSO, HERE IS LIST OF SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR COLD WEATHER FROM A "SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT" PUT OUT BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EARLIER TODAY:

SOME OTHER GOOD IDEAS TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING COLD WEATHER IS...
1- ENSURE YOUR HEATING DEVICES ARE CLEAN AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
2- KEEP ALL COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS AWAY FROM HEATERS.
3- ENSURE ALL EXPOSED PIPES ARE PROPERLY INSULATED.
4- YOU ARE URGED TO HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE THIS WINTER.
5- TAKE IT EASY OUTSIDE BECAUSE YOUR HEART HAS TO WORK EXTRA HARD DURING THE COLD WEATHER.
6- IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO WEAR LAYERS OF CLOTHING IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE.
7- MAKE SURE YOUR PETS AND LIVESTOCK HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD AND HAVE A WARMPLACE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE COLD.

STAY WARM AND SAFE THIS WEEK. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE COLD WEATHER HERE AT KRBC 9 YOUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION!