Friday Morning Update

From meteorologist Jason Myers....

Today will be 8-10 degrees cooler than yesterday as a cold front is currently moving across the Big Country and Texas. After a few clouds this morning brought in by the cold front, skies should turn mostly sunny today. The high will be in the low to mid 60s across the community with a high of 64 degrees in Abilene. Breezy conditions will continue from the north-northwest around 10 to 15 mph. For the weekend, warm temperatures will return with highs in the lower to upper 70s for Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's high will be 74 degrees with mostly sunny skies and Sunday's high will be 77 degrees with partly cloudy skies. The record high for New Year's Day (Sunday) is 82 degrees set back in 1910, so we'll close to tieing or beating the record. New Year's Day will be very windy as an upper level disturbance moves to our north giving the Big Country a tight pressure gradient and wind gusts up to 40 mph. A Fire Watch has been issued by the NWS for Sunday. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php?

Again, please use extreme caution with the dry vegetation. Sunday looks to be the worst with windy conditions yet there will be a steady breeze over the next few days.
Warm temperatures will start off next week before another cold front moves through Tuesday into Wednesday bringing the high temperatures down into the 60s.

Have a happy and safe New Year's Day!