Seasonal Weather Is Coming

Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi here...

It seems as if Mother Nature is finally going to be bringing us some seasonal temperatures by mid-week.

A strong cold front will be arriving in the Big Country sometime around mid-morning Wednesday. When the winds finally shift around to the North we will definately feel a big difference. This cold front will unfortunately arrive dry but it looks like it will set the stage for a few showers by the weekend.

We will be watching an upper level low pressure system out West move our direction by Friday. As this system passes us by, depending on how quickly it does, we could be looking at rain chances through the entire weekend. I don't want to get too excited just yet, on a lot of occasions this time of year, systems like this can pass North of the Big Country and leave us dry.

One last thought after this weekend's deadly tornado across Kentucky and Indiana... Unfortunately storms like this make us realize how important early warning is. That is why we, at KRBC-9, in conjunction with the National Weather Service, urge you to have a NOAA Weather Radio in your home. The tornado killed more than 20 people and struck in the overnight hours while most people we at home asleep. The tornado sirens went off, but most people slept through them. Unfortunately here in the Big Country, most areas do not have tornado sirens as an early warning system.

To learn more about the NOAA Weather Radio System and how to purchase one, please click here...