4:45pm Wednesday Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

Dare I say it, but there is a chance for some snow across the area tonight. Now, before you kids get too excited, it's only a chance for a few wet flurries, and mainly North of Interstate 20. Either way, there's a chance, and we'll talk about it.

Cold air is continuing to filter in from the North, now this is not an Arctic front or anything of that nature. It's actually cold air filtering in from Nebraska and the central US. If you'll remember all of the snow that fell over the area earlier this week, that snow is still on the ground, and still keeping the air above it quite chilly. Now, with winds blowing in from that direction, our air temperatures tonight will at or below freezing for a while. With that, coupled with some upper level energy passing by, we could see a couple of isolated, light showers, with a few snow flurries mixed in. I do not anticipate any travel problems, nor any accumulations. Just possible some Spring snow flurries.

After tonight, the slow warm-up begins. Clouds will begin to decrease across the area Thursday, but temperatures will only climb into the upper 40s to lower 50s.

With clear skies Thursday night, another light to hard freeze will be likely across the area. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for most of the viewing area. Go ahead and bring the pets and plants in the next two nights. I'm calling for a low of 28 to 30 areawide Friday morning.

By Friday afternoon sunny skies will warm us back into the upper 50s to low 60s.

Saturday and Sunday look FANTASTIC with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s Saturday to the middle 70s Sunday.

Monday and Tuesday could bring us our next chance for showers if things all work out. Right now I'm calling for partly cloudy skies and an under twenty percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. Highs will reach the lower 70s both days.