Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited...
* Freezing drizzle and fog will continue this morning across the Big Country, Heartland and the Northern Concho Valley. We're had a number of accidents reported across the region with this mess sticking to bridges, overpasses and vehicles. Temperatures are hovering this morning in the upper 20s and lower 30s. The threat for freezing drizzle and fog will continue through mid-morning. We have other winter weather related information on our main station website located at BigCountryHomepage.Com including any school delays/closings that have reported to our news department.
* As we head into midday and the afternoon the clouds will begin to break up. A powerful storm system will lift out of the Four Corners area and move across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles this afternoon. The pressure gradient with this system will bring extremely high winds to the Big Country, Heartland and Northern Concho Valley into midday and especially this afternoon. High Wind advisories are in effect for for the western counties of the Big Country and the Concho Valley as we could see wind gusts out in these areas to 60 mph later today. Most everyone else will see winds between 20-40 mph with some gusts up to 50 mph at times. These gusty southwest winds will warm us up very quickly into the middle to upper 60s and in some spots the lower 70s down south this afternoon. The low moves out dragging a cold front through overnight.
* The above mentioned front will cool us back into the 40s for highs on Wednesday and Thursday and get us down to freezing Wednesday and Thursday morning. The rest of the week looks quiet. We'll slowly begin a warming trend heading into the weekend with highs back into the 50s and 60s and overnight lows back above freezing into the middle and upper 30s. Expect a partly cloudy conditions for this period.
* Share Your Christmas Food Drive: Don't forget the annual KRBC Share Your Christmas Food Drive is coming up on Wednesday from 7:00 A.M - 7:00 P.M right here at the KRBC Studio located at 4510 South 14th. Stop by and drop off your food items (and money donations as well) as we collect for those in need this holiday season. All your food donations will go to the Food Bank of West Central Texas.
* Winter Outlook: The Climate Prediction Center indicates a moderate El Niño pattern is taking shape and will bring West Central Texas a wetter pattern for the winter months. There is also a chance for increased winter precipitation depending on temperature trends. Data suggests equal chances of above or below normal temperatures, so more than likely the numbers will remain near normal for this time of year.
* Drought Information: For the lastest drought information for the state of Texas please visit the U.S Drought Monitor website by clicking here. The data is updated by the government every Thursday morning around 7:30 AM.
* The latest on your forecast as well as news from around Abilene & the Big Country is coming up on KRBC's Abilene Today starting at 6:00 AM and on Abilene Midday later this morning at 11:30 AM. More news and weather coverage continues this afternoon at 5:00 and tonight 6:00 and 10:00 PM on KRBC.
* Twitter: You can follow us on twitter anytime for quick weather updates, especially during severe weather and winter weather events affecting the Big Country by visiting the KRBC Weather Twitter. You can also check out news updates from KRBC via twitter also by visiting the Big Country Homepage Twitter.
Have a great Tuesday ...
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