KATC StormTeam 3 Weather BLOG

The cloudy and cold weather entrenched across the area will quickly yield to milder conditions Tuesday as yet another Rockies storm system pulls this weekend’s cold front back to the north as a warm front.  This will keep our temperatures steady for a good part of the night with breezy easterly winds increasing from the southeast tomorrow.  Precipitation chances should stay low through much of the night but the cloud deck will likely thicken and lower for morning.  Some patchy drizzle and scattered showers that develop tomorrow morning should yield to scattered showers and possibly an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon.  Temperatures will shoot up from the lower 40s into the mid-upper 60s by late in the day and will likely stay in the 60s for Tuesday night.  I would also look for more low clouds and drizzle tomorrow night, and if winds die down enough, some fog for Wednesday morning.  Warmer temperatures are expected for Wednesday in spite of mostly cloudy skies.  An approaching front will continue to allow for more scattered showers and a few thunderstorms through Wednesday, but this front will likely run out of gas across the area for Christmas Eve/Day.  That means plenty of clouds with highs in the mid-70s Wednesday and perhaps lower 70s, maybe upper 60s, for Christmas Day.  Fog may be an issue again just about each night for the rest of the week.  Mild to warm weather will continue through Friday but will come to end Saturday with the next energetic front.  Saturday’s front could involve some strong storms so we’ll be on the look out for that too.  Cooler conditions will move back into the region for Sunday, but right now the next front is not looking as cold as the last few fronts that we have experienced…but that could change…as it seems it almost always does!  I’ll be off for the next several days so Merry Christmas everyone!  Rob