Good Morning! Much below normal temperatures continue today. Expect partial sunshine today. Tonight will be sub-freezing again. Temperatures will moderate a bit late Thursday & Friday and through Christmas weekend. Dry weather continues through Saturday. A small chance of widely scattered showers return to the forecast by on Christmas Eve Sunday. Rain become likely Sunday night. Rain and possibly thunderstorms will dominate the Christmas forecast. At least it will be mild this year, unlike last Christmas. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
WINTER BEGINS, officially TONIGHT at 10:27PM CST. It’s the Winter Solstice. Today and tomorrow are the shortest days of the year. Both days: 10 hours, 1 minute, and 33 seconds of daytime. Sunrise 6:42 AM, Sunset 4:44 PM. Thursday will be 4 seconds longer.
TODAY: Still well below normal. Cool. Partial sunshine. (lots of high cloudiness will obscure the sun at times) High 54. East wind 6 to 12. Mph. Partly cloudy and cold, again, tonight. Low 30.
NEXT FEW DAYS: . Temperatures will moderate a bit late week. Near 60 Thursday, lower 60’s Friday. Mid 60’s by Sunday and Christmas Day. Dry weather continues through Saturday. A small chance of widely scattered showers return to the forecast by on Christmas Eve Sunday. Rain become likely Sunday night. Rain and possibly thunderstorms will dominate the Christmas forecast..
Here’s the expected rainfall through Tuesday. The models are now wetter. We could see some soaking rain on Christmas.
Here’s the 10 Day Model Temperature Trend. Last year Christmas Week was BITTERY COLD with bursting pipes. This year will be much milder. Much of Christmas week will be mild. It will turn colder late week, towards New Years Weekend.
CHRISTMAS FORECAST:
Looks quite wet starting Sunday night and continuing Christmas Day and Christmas Night. Rain and a few thunderstorms likely. Mild. Morning low 53. Afternoon high 65. Low Christmas night 45.
Thanks for reading this Blog this morning! This morning everything is normal, including Live on the radio on NewsTalk 93-1. There will be another Blog update in the morning.
–Rich