Fall Temperatures For The Weekend....Hurricane Wilma Update

From meteorologist Jason Myers.......

It will be a nice weekend with seasonal temperatures. Friday our highs will be in the mid-70s thanks to the cold front that moved through Thursday morning, and northwesterly flow.

If you're heading out to a football game tonight or just a night on the town you'll want to take a jacket and gloves with you because it will feel chilly with a low temperature of 50 degrees. Tonight temperatures will really drop fast once the sun goes down at 6:59 p.m.

Saturday will be another beautiful day with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid-70s. KRBC 9 staff will be at "Boo at the Zoo" on Saturday from 4pm - 8pm at the Abilene Zoo, so bring the kids out for some fun.

On Sunday there will be a 20% of chance of rain for the Big Country due to a cold front that will move through Sunday afternoon. Depending on the timing of the cold frontal passage, our temperatures right now look to be around 68 degrees on Sunday, along with mostly cloudy skies.

As of now, Wilma has not changed much since last night. Wilma is still a category 4 hurricane with winds at 145 mph, moving to the NNW at 6 mph. Here's some information from the National Hurricane Center:

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES... 80KM... SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO. WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK... THE CORE OF WILMA WILL BE VERY NEAR OR OVER COZUMELTHIS MORNING AND NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATER TODAY. HOWEVER... WILMA HAS A LARGE CIRCULATION AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLY ALREADY BEING EXPERIENCED IN COZUMEL AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF YUCATAN. CANCUN RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG RAINBANDS OVER COZUMEL AND CANCUN. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY AND ARE NEAR 145MPH... 230 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.

WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN CUBA AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 40 INCHES POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN CUBA.

Huricane Wilma looks to make landfall in Florida as a category 2 or 3 hurricane late this weekend into early Monday.

We'll keep you updated with the latest here on KRBC 9!

Have A Wonderful Weekend.