KATC StormTeam 3 Weather BLOG

Get ready for another round of quick changes this weekend as our last day of fall and very mild weather will yield to another strong cold front just in time for the first day of winter Sunday.  Fog looks to be an issue again late tonight into tomorrow morning with a Dense fog Advisory posted for the area once again for later tonight.  After a foggy/cloudy start tomorrow I would again expect a few intervals of sunshine with highs pushing back into the mid-upper 70s…incidentally, we hit 80 today!  A strong cold front will come barreling through the area tomorrow night sparking of a few quick showers and then ushering in much colder temperatures.  We could see another brief round of thick sea fog again tomorrow evening ahead of the front but it should clear out quickly before daybreak Sunday.  The winter solstice officially arrives at 6:04am Sunday with windy and colder temperatures moving back into the region during the day.  Temperatures will likely stay in the upper 40s to lower 50s and dropping through the entire day with freezing conditions a good bet for Monday morning.  This time we’ll have an air mass that has been over more snow-covered areas so upper 20s are expected for early Monday.  The forecast gets tricky again late Monday with plenty of clouds returning and maybe some precipitation developing Monday late into Monday night as our front will stall and then starting moving back northward for Tuesday.  Right now I’m going with slight chances for Monday but there could be a brief period where there may be a few patches of a wintry mix developing but anything of significance will likely be short-lived with a warm-air advection scenario developing for Tuesday.  That means the old “cold to clouds to drizzle trick” with moderating temperatures for Tuesday.  Cold temperatures Monday will likely hold steady Monday night warming back into the 60s by Tuesday afternoon.  It looks mild Wednesday through Friday with spring-like temperatures in the low-mid 70s and a few spring-like showers for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after.  Another front will bring rain chances next weekend and another shot of cold weather to follow.  Have a good weekend.