Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited...
* After a mild Sunday we're all waking up to a very cold morning thanks to a cold front that moved through overnight. Mostly clear this morning but clouds will return later into the day giving us a mostly cloudy day. It will be cool as well as highs will only climb into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Becoming cloudy tonight the front lifts back northward as a warm front. Patchy fog and drizzle are possible overnight and into early on Tuesday before we clear up.
* A powerful storm system will lift out of the Southwestern U.S. and move across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. The pressure gradient with this system will bring extremely high winds to the Big Country, Heartland and Northern Concho Valley into the day on Tuesday. A High Wind Watch is already out for the western counties of the Big Country. Winds will blow out of the southwest between 20 and 40 miles per hour, with some gusts up to 50 mph. A few clouds and much warm with those winds as highs climb into the upper 60s. The low moves out dragging a cold front through overnight Tuesday which will cool us back into the 40s for highs on Wednesday and Thursday. and get us down to freezing Wednesday and Thursday morning.
* The rest of the week looks quiet. We'll slowly begin a warming trend heading into the weekend with highs back into the upper 50s and lower 60s and overnight lows back above freezing into the middle and upper 30s. Expect a partly cloudy day Friday - Sunday.
* Share Your Christmas Food Drive: Don't forget the annual KRBC Share Your Christmas Food Drive is coming up on Wednesday from 7:00 A.M - 7:00 P.M right here at the KRBC Studio located at 4510 South 14th. Stop by and drop off your food items (and money donations as well) as we collect for those in need this holiday season. All your food donations will go to the Food Bank of West Central Texas.
* Winter Outlook: The Climate Prediction Center indicates a moderate El Niño pattern is taking shape and will bring West Central Texas a wetter pattern for the winter months. There is also a chance for increased winter precipitation depending on temperature trends. Data suggests equal chances of above or below normal temperatures, so more than likely the numbers will remain near normal for this time of year.
* Drought Information: For the lastest drought information for the state of Texas please visit the U.S Drought Monitor website by clicking here. The data is updated by the government every Thursday morning around 7:30 AM.
* The latest on your forecast as well as news from around Abilene & the Big Country is coming up on KRBC's Abilene Today starting at 6:00 AM and on Abilene Midday later this morning at 11:30 AM. More news and weather coverage continues this afternoon at 5:00 and tonight 6:00 and 10:00 PM on KRBC.
* Twitter: You can follow us on twitter anytime for quick weather updates, especially during severe weather and winter weather events affecting the Big Country by visiting the KRBC Weather Twitter. You can also check out news updates from KRBC via twitter also by visiting the Big Country Homepage Twitter.
Enjoy your Monday...
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