Good Morning from KRBC Meteorologist Chris Whited....
*** Winter Storm Watch in effect from Midnight on Tuesday morning until 6:00 P.M. Tuesday Evening for Taylor, Nolan, Callahan, Runnels, Coleman, Brown and Coke County.***
* Cool start this morning with temperatures into the 20s and 30s across West Central Texas with a clear sky. As we progress into the day today, expect clouds to slowly increase across the area. Daytime highs today will climb into the lower and middle 40s. Cloudy conditions expected to be in place for tonight with lows in the middle to upper 20s. Light snow is expected well after midnight across the area.
* Late Tonight & Tuesday: A winter storm expected to impact West Central Texas by Tuesday as an upper disturbance moves across Northern Mexico and into Texas late tonight on into Tuesday. Ahead of the system warm and moist air will be lifted up and over cold and dry air in place at the surface to produce precipitation in the form of snow. While exact accumulations are still uncertain significant accumulation of snow is possible across portions of West Central Texas on Tuesday. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for areas along and south of Interstate 20 until Tuesday evening.
* Later Week/Weekend: A bit of snow could linger early Wednesday morning and then we'll start to clear out with highs back into the middel 40s. Expect mostly clear to partly cloudy conditions for the rest of the week into New Years Eve and New Years Day with highs in the 40s Thursday and lower 50s on Friday. Overnight lows will be cold into the middle and upper 20s. No precipitation is expect at this time. The weekend looks nice with a mostly sunny sky, highs in the middle 50s and overnight lows in the lower to middle 30s.
* The Winter Outlook: The Climate Prediction Center indicates a moderate El Niño pattern will continue to bring West Central Texas a wetter pattern here in the winter months. Increased wintry precipitation is possible depending on temperature trends. Equal chances of above or below normal temperatures remain possible for the area.
* 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 local time.
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Have a great Monday...
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