Good Morning!  This final morning of 2025 will be quite cold, in the lower 20’s.  But, wind chill is not much of a factor.  Expect sunshine and lower 50’s today.  (Normal 60/37)  We’ll be in the mid 30’s at Midnight as the New Year begins, and near 30 by Dawn. On New Years Day we may tease 60 degrees.  Expect a late week warm-up. Middle 60’s by Friday & Saturday.  Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected late Friday and especially Friday night and into Saturday.  Some stronger storms  are not out of the question. Here’s my brief video forecast Discussion.

TODAY:  COLD start.  Sunny and rather chilly.  High in the low 50’s.  West wind 5 to 10 mph.  Clear and cold tonight.  We’ll be in the mid 30’s at Midnight as the New Year begins, and near 30 by Dawn.

NEXT FEW DAYS:    On New Years Day we may tease 60 degrees.  Expect a late week warm-up. Middle 60’s by Friday & Saturday.  Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected late Friday and especially Friday night and into Saturday.  Some stronger storms  are not out of the question.

Here’s the evolution of that next storm system over Texas to over Alabama Saturday AM. 

So  far, SPC just shows thunderstorms Friday evening/night.  No Severe Risk indicated at this time. 

Here’s the 10 Day Model Blend Temperature Trend.  Fortunately, the Arctic air will retreat.

Here’s a peak at the EURO 16 day Ensemble outlook.

Ringing in the New Year Wednesday Night? New Years Eve Midnight.   It’ll be chilly.

Thanks for reading this Blog this morning. This morning we are LIVE on the radio from 6 to 9 on NewsTalk 93.1.  I’ll have another update for you in the 4  o’clock hour tomorrow morning.  Have a nice day.

–Rich