Good Morning!  Today will be briefly much cooler behind the cold front which brought showers and storms to the state yesterday.  Our weekend forecast looks pretty good, as Fall officially ends and Winter begins Sunday. Saturday looks dry with a sun/cloud mix.  There could be some isolated showers Sunday as a weak front moves through the state.  Christmas week looks storm-free, dry with a warming trend.  An upper ridge of high pressure will promote some spring-like warmth.  We should be in the lower 70’s on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Very nice. Comfortable.   Here’s my brief video forecast discussion .

TODAY:  Sunny and cool, with a high near 55. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.  Clear and cold tonight.  Low 32.

NEXT FEW DAYS:    Saturday looks dry with a sun/cloud mix.  There could be some isolated showers Sunday as a weak front moves through the state.  Christmas week looks storm-free, dry with a warming trend.  We’ll be in the lower 70’s by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  40’s at night next week.

The 10 Day model blend temperature trend..  Christmas week looks very comfortable indeed.

Here’s the 16 day from  the Euro model.  Fortunately the Arctic flood gates are closed….FOR NOW.

CHRISTMAS WEEK FORECAST:  Christmas Week looks amazingly warm for a huge chunk of America.  Here’s my forecast for us.

An Amazing ridge of upper ridge of high pressure will be in control up at 18,000 feet.  Temperatures over the America Heartland will be running 25-30 degrees above normal.

Take a look at the projected high temperatures across the Southeast Christmas afternoon.  Very nice.

Normal hi/lo on Christmas Day would be 60/38.

Christmas Day Records:   82 in 2016 – and 5 in 1983.

WINTER BEGINS SUNDAY:  The Winter Solstice is Sunday.   Winter officially begins 9:03 AM Sunday morning. Officially the shortest day :   10 hours 1 minute and 33 seconds of daylight.  Monday will be one second longer.

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. Stay warm!  Have a nice day.

–Rich