December? More like Decem-brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
There are NO issues with the weather across Central Texas for the remainder of the work week. If you’re trotting to get yourself some turkey at grandma’s or you in-laws, the trotting trek will hopefully go smoothly. The travel troubles may return again for traveling back home. A BIG storm system will move through the country and should impact Central Texas with showers, thunderstorms, and a BIG drop in temperatures!
We’ll start out with the easiest part of the weather forecast and that’s what’s happening over the next three days! An overnight cold front pushing through hasn’t really dropped morning temperatures as much as anticipated, but it’s going to have a noticeable impact to our afternoon temperatures. Instead of reaching the low-to-mid 70s like we did yesterday, we’ll only warm into the upper 50s for some and lower 60s for most. Thanksgiving’s weather will be holiday-like with sunny skies but chilly temperatures. There’s a chance for overnight clouds to develop after midnight. If those clouds do form, we’ll start out in the morning in the low-to-mid 40s as the clouds act as a blanket and keep air from radiating into the atmosphere. If those clouds don’t form, expect morning temperatures in the mid-to-upper 30s. The chilly morning turns to a cool afternoon with again sunny skies boosting temperatures into the lower 60s. Low 40s out the door Friday morning will turn to lower 60s Friday afternoon, but expect a steady increase of cloudiness Friday ahead of our next storm system which arrives Friday night.
The cooler air in place will be pushed away briefly as our next storm system approaches. A warm front pushes into the area late Friday afternoon and Friday night which will likely spark widely scattered light-to-moderate rain showers across the area. These showers should fizzle around or shortly after sunrise with a lull in precipitation expected through early afternoon. As Saturday’s strong cold front pushes in, highs near 70° along with instability aloft in the atmosphere brings us the chance for scattered showers, a few thunderstorms, and maybe one or two strong storms. The tornado and wind gust potential with Saturday’s storms are very low, but we’re expecting the strongest storms to potentially contain upwards of half-dollar size hail. Showers and storms should come to a close quickly with the front’s arrival and temperatures are set to TANK into the upper 30s Sunday morning! With a mix of sunshine and clouds, highs Sunday should stay below 50°!
The next storm system behind Saturday’s is one to keep a keen eye on. It is highly unlikely that Central Texas sees any wintry precipitation from this system, but some parts of the state may see a wintry mix or snow! We’re expecting scattered rain to start during the day Monday. With high temperatures only in the mid-40s, Monday’s weather will be, well, awful. It’s looking likely that nearly all of the rain will come to a close Monday night before freezing temperatures push in. One of those things will happen: If we’re seeing precipitation Tuesday morning, the temperatures will likely stay above freezing keeping precipitation liquid with maybe a sleet pellet or two mixed in. If temperatures slip to freezing Tuesday morning, it shouldn’t be precipitating. The early week storm system is actually going to help to kick off a warming trend. With returning sunshine Tuesday afternoon, expect high temperatures to warm to about 50°. We’ll stay near freezing Wednesday morning but will then warm into the mid-50s Wednesday afternoon. Highs then warm into the upper 50s and lower 60s late week ahead of maybe another weekend storm system pushing in.
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