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Central Texas’ next cold front pushes through on Thursday bringing us a brief chill Friday morning ahead of what’s shaping up to be quite a warm stretch of weather leading up to and even past Christmas. Even though tomorrow’s front won’t bring us any rain, we’ve seen Gulf moisture surge in during the evening and overnight hours! The humidity not only keeps the clouds overhead today, but we have enough moisture to make for a drizzly and drippy day of weather.

Cities and towns near and west of Highway 281 may not see much in the way of drizzle or steady rain today, but cloudy skies are expected area wide. The best chance for drizzle is during the morning and midday hours, but some drizzly weather is possible throughout the day near and especially east of I-35. We also have a chance for a few quick splash-and-dash showers today too, but these should be few and far between. Overall rain chances are near 30%, but measurable precipitation isn’t likely for most of us. The clouds, extra humidity, and drizzle all combine to get us out the door this morning with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s. Afternoon highs will likely settle in the lower 60s, but parts of Leon, Robertson, Limestone, and Freestone County may see a late-day push of warmer air that could raise highs into the mid-to-upper 60s briefly.

There’s not much of a change to our overnight weather. We may not see quite as much drizzle, but the lingering cloudiness and the approach of a cold front will keep temperatures mild overnight. In fact, we’re expecting morning temperatures Thursday to start out near 60° which is our average high for this time of the year! A cold front passes through the area during the day Thursday, quickly shifting our winds from the southwest to the north. Those north winds will gust as high as 25 to 30 MPH, but the north winds push humidity away which clears out the skies. Despite the front, the return of sunshine should allow for late-day temperatures to reach the upper 60s and lower 70s. The chill coming from Thursday’s front is solely confined to Friday. Morning temperatures will be close to average in the mid-to-upper 30s, but afternoon highs will be above average in the mid-60s thanks to lots of sunshine.

Another “cold front” is set to move through late Saturday into Sunday, but another day of gusty south winds Saturday will propel high temperatures close to a record high temperature! South winds could gust between 25 and 35 MPH sending our temperatures in the upper 70s! The record high temperature Saturday is 78° set in 1978 and our current forecast high temperature is 79°. The aforementioned “cold front” arriving Saturday night into Sunday will drop temperatures to close the weekend, but highs will still be ten degrees warmer than average in the upper 60s and lower 70s. A quick return of south winds next week sends morning temperatures into the mid-to-upper 50s from Tuesday through Friday (which is close to our average high temperature) with afternoon highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. We’ll thank a big ridge of high pressure for the hot and dry conditions next week. No nasty weather is in the forecast next week, so Rudolph won’t need to work as hard to get Santa to your house, but Santa might be coming down the chimney in shorts! Our forecast high temperature Thursday is 79° and should fall just a few degrees shy of the record high temperature of 82°. Our next opportunity for rain could barely sneak in before we throw out the calendar. Forecast model data suggests rain chances returning around the 29th, 30th, or 31st, but confidence is low on the timing or amounts of any late-year precipitation.

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