Who’s coming to Thanksgiving dinner? Chillier temperatures and eventually some rain!
As a famous reporter in Buffalo, New York with WKBW said, B-E-A-UTIFUL. That’s our forecast for the next few days! The weather will be gorgeous, but it’s also going to turn a bit colder after a cold front moves through today. Today’s gorgeous weather turns colder tomorrow, but we’re also gearing up for what could be a few days of rain starting this weekend and lingering into early next week.
Today’s weather will be B-E-A-UTIFUL but cities and towns east of I-35 may contend with locally dense fog out the door this morning. While most will kick off the day in the upper 40s and lower 50s, where we see fog east of I-35 is where temperatures may start out closer to 60°. It’s no matter today about the mixed bag of temperatures because we’re warming up and settling in the upper 60s and lower 70s this afternoon. A few mid-70s are possible in the Brazos Valley thanks to the slightly warmer start to the day. Speaking of warm, Wednesday is usually opposite day, at least in my books. We have a cold front pushing through overnight tonight and that’ll drop temperatures into winter territory for the remainder of the work week. We’re out the door Wednesday morning in the low-to-mid 40s and we’ll settle only near 60° for a high temperatures. Like I said, a warm day on opposite day Wednesday!
All jokes aside, Thanksgiving’s forecast is perfect in my eyes. Yes, it’ll be a bit chilly throughout the day, but chilly is where I want to be on Thanksgiving! Morning temperatures in the mid-to-upper 30s will warm under sunshine into the upper 50s and low 60s again. Break out your best funny sweater. Is it too early for matching Christmas pajama pants? Do you even have matching Christmas pajamas? If not, there’s something else to add to your Black Friday shopping list. Like most years, Black Friday morning starts out cold with near average temperatures this year warming up into the low-to-mid 60s late-day. South winds will gust to near 20 MPH Friday and that will turn to weekend and maybe next week rain chances too.
There are two storm systems set to push through the Southern Plains this weekend and early next week. The speed of the first storm system will in part dictate whether or not the second storm system has minimal or potentially big impacts. Everything after Saturday is as clear as mud and mud is what we’ll have! We’ll likely start out the morning Saturday with some pre-dawn showers lingering through mid-morning. From there, expect to dry out midday and early afternoon before more scattered showers and rumbles of thunder push in. We’re kicking off the day Saturday in the mid-50s and will warm into the mid-to-upper 60s late day.
While the first storm system is likely moving out of the area Sunday, there’s also a chance that it gets stuck for a few days across the state and gives us continuing rain chances Sunday and into Monday. From Monday to Tuesday, another storm system is set to move in which may bring us more rain. Again, some forecast models are showing a mostly dry early week storm system while others are bringing us multiple inches of rain! While it’s quite unclear about the early week rain chances, that second storm system should bring a notable drop in our temperatures. For right now, our temperatures are set to start out in the 30s Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with highs in the 50s. However, it’s entirely possible that those temperatures are TOO WARM! Of course with potential precipitation falling Tuesday into chilly morning air, I do need to mention the elephant in the room. Wintry precipitation could fall across parts of Texas Tuesday morning, but it’s looking UNLIKELY that wintry weather will impact Central Texas.
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