Admittedly this is premature, but I’ve been watching a trend change in the weather that looks to dump some decently cold air beginning a week from today and keep the cold in place for about a week.
Influential teleconnection have been trending negative, which can lead to a the jet stream dipping south and steering cold air south. That pattern transition gave us the temperate but wet/rainy trend we have seen the past few week. And looks poised to dump some cold air beginning for the TX panhandle next Saturday and lasting through Christmas.
The below temp and precip forecasts are for 12/26
I wouldn’t change travel plans, but keep an eye on forecasts as we get closer. This model run shows temps in the 30’s for me for well over a week. The reality is we will likely see some reprieve, with slight warmups between cold intrusions.
But it does look like the conditions are in place for decent cold and maybe some snow.
This “feels” like a warmer scenario similar to the arctic outbreak we saw in Feb 2011 or 2012 where we had a big 1050mb high pressure slide down the Rockies into Texas.
Influential teleconnection have been trending negative, which can lead to a the jet stream dipping south and steering cold air south. That pattern transition gave us the temperate but wet/rainy trend we have seen the past few week. And looks poised to dump some cold air beginning for the TX panhandle next Saturday and lasting through Christmas.
The below temp and precip forecasts are for 12/26
I wouldn’t change travel plans, but keep an eye on forecasts as we get closer. This model run shows temps in the 30’s for me for well over a week. The reality is we will likely see some reprieve, with slight warmups between cold intrusions.
But it does look like the conditions are in place for decent cold and maybe some snow.
This “feels” like a warmer scenario similar to the arctic outbreak we saw in Feb 2011 or 2012 where we had a big 1050mb high pressure slide down the Rockies into Texas.
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