Saturday, December 17th, 2005

From meteorologist Jason Myers.....


A chilly day today with mostly cloudy skies staying in the Big Country, until clearing skies by the late afternoon. Today's high at the Abilene Regional Airport reached 47 degrees which will be about the warmest temperature we'll see until Thursday. Tonight temperatures will drop at or a few degrees above freezing for locations across the Big Country. Sunday mostly cloudy skies will return with high temperatures only reaching the low to mid 40s across the Big Country. There will be a slight chance of a late afternoon shower. Sunday night temperatures will fall below freezing so any rain that does fall looks to be freezing rain. Monday and Tuesday high temperatures will stay in the low to mid 30s with the chance of seeing a rain/snow mix during the day. There will be a 50% chance of seeing wintry precipitation on Monday and a 60% chance on Tuesday. Right now the biggest problem with this wintry weather is the chance for seeing icy conditions especially late in the day and in the morning hours; all this will make traveling dangerous for Monday and Tuesday. A high pressure system over Canada will push cold arctic air down into Texas on Sunday, keeping temperatures cold. A gradual warm-up begins to happen Thursday into Christmas weekend with high temperatures getting back into the upper 50s.

Stay tuned as we get closer to Monday and Tuesday for the latest updates!