Good Morning from KRBC Meteorologist Chris Whited...* Clear this morning and cold to start the day across West Central Texas but a nice day ahead with abundant sunshine and highs warming to between 60-65° with a southeast breezy. A few high clouds may drift in from the west by the afternoon. Clouds will be on the increase tonight and temperatures not so cold overnight as we only drop into the middle and upper 40s.
* Wednesday: Mostly cloudy to cloudy for tomorrow with a south wind throughout the day. Temperatures warm into the lower 60s. Showers and thunderstorms will develop for tomorrow night across West Central Texas. A few storms could be strong but severe weather is not expected and any severe weather should be down toward the Hill Country well away from us. Lows hold near 50° on tomorrow night.
* Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms are possible during the day with a change over to a wintry mix into the afternoon and evening. The cold front should move into the northern areas of the Big Country Thursday morning and move along the I-20 corridor by midday and into the Heartland/Northern Concho Valley areas by early afternoon. As the front moved in temperatures will drop throughout the afternoon and evening. Our high and low for the day should be set early in the morning in the upper 40s and we should be into the 30s by afternoon. Thursday night night we should see a change to all snow for the overnight and morning periods into Friday. Lows drop into the middle 20s. Little accumulation is expected at the moment as the main energy of the system should track more north taking any heavier snow north of here. Having said that we'll keep an eye on things as we get new forecast data into the KRBC Weather Lab. Light snow Friday morning should end but there could be a few snow flurries lingering into the afternoon with highs in the middle 30s. Clouds should begin to decrease by the afternoon setting us up for a very cold Friday night with lows dropping into the upper teens and lower 20s.
* Weekend: Cold start on Saturday morning but mostly sunny with highs back into the middle 40s. Saturday night we drop down into the middle 20s. Mostly sunny on Sunday with highs back near 50° for most of the area.
* The Winter Outlook: The Climate Prediction Center indicates a moderate El Niño pattern continues 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 latest 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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Enjoy your Tuesday...
