Six More Weeks Of Winter?

Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited...

* Today is Groundhog Day so the question is what can we expect? An end to winter early or six more weeks of the cold stuff? We'll its hard to say because we have a variety of cold and warm in my forecast package for the week ahead. I'm not too keen on the predictions and even more less since I've lived in Texas on and off for three years. We have such a unique weather pattern in this area. We had 80s last month at one point only to end the month with an ice storm, so its hard to say what will happen.

* Getting Back To Business: The cold front moved through late yesterday and last night and continues to move southward as a cooler air mass works into Texas. Highs today will be about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, mainly into the upper 50s with ample sunshine. Winds will slowly shift tonight and tomorrow which will start a slow warming trend for the area. By Tuesday, highs will be back into the 60s across the Big Country.

* Down The Road: Warm weather fans will like the forecast as we get closer to the end of the week with highs in the upper 60s and widespead 70s over the upcoming weekend. The forecast for this period looks to be partly cloudy.

* Rain Chances: Not good for the week ahead but moisture will be on the increase by late week and I've introduced a slight chance in my forecast package at the end of the forecast period around Sunday with a better chance next Monday based on the forecast model runs.

* Fire Danger: Will remain elevated or high this week but will relax some toward the weekend as that moisture returns raising the relative humidity values.

Have a great Monday...