80 degrees one day, Maybe 39 the next...

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

You really have to love West Texas weather. We enjoyed a warm afternoon today with highs in the low 70s. Tomorrow, afternoon highs will climb into the lower to middle 80s! We are warming up thanks to the dry air in place, the abundant sunshine and the strong winds thanks to a surface trough and low pressure system to our West and North. Then, the changes begin...

Thursday starts off warm and windy, but will finish much colder. A strong cold front will begin to push into the Northern viewing area Thursday evening and will clear the area by Friday morning.

There will be enough mositure for mostly cloudy skie Friday. Because of the cloud cover and the cold front, high temperatures Friday will struggle to reach the upper 30s. Winds will stay breezy and blustery out of the North keeping wind chills at or below freezing all day Friday.

Now, on to those rain/snow/sleet/freezing rain chances we have been talking about the last few days.

It still looks like we will see some precipitation in some form beginning Friday night and through the day Saturday. My current thinking is that we will see a mix, North to South across the area, ranging from Snow/Sleet in the Northern area, to Snow/Sleet/Freezing Rain in the Central areas, to more of a Freezing Rain scenario South.

Everything is going to depend upon how shallow of a cold air mass we end up dealing with. Right now, it appears the coldest air will be at the surface, which would not allow for precipitation to freeze until it gets all of the way down to here. If that changes just a little bit, we could be looking at an all freezing precipiation scenario.

I do not expect major travel problems because of this system though. Right now it looks like all precipitation will be very light, and accumulations will be light as well.

With winter weather, as with most weather, the closer we get to Friday, the better idea we will have of what kind of situation we will be looking at. So, stay tuned...

And, if you like the cold weather, get ready, it looks like we will see another decent cold front Monday into Tuesday. This front so far looks to arrive dry but will keep temperature below average for the beginning of next week.