4:45 p.m. Monday Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

Cloudy skies today with a few sprinkles. Unfortunately we are not going to see enough precipitation to end our drought or fire weather concerns.
Overnight there will be a slim chance of a few more isolated showers and even a few wet snow flakes as well. The chance for snow will mainly be North and West of Abilene. I do not expect any accumulations.
After tonight, we will be back into a warm and dry pattern for Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately winds will be picking back up to 15 to 25 miles per hour by Wednesday afternoon. So as with previous days, fire danger will be extremely high.
Another cold front will push through Thursday into Friday. This is the cold front that I mentioned about a week ago that I at first thought was going to be able to bring down some Arctic air. Unfortunately the Arctic air just didn't move. So, we will still get some cooler weather for Friday and Saturday with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. But, we will not be experiencing any typical winter weather.