Today, while many North Texans are still wanting to see more winter weather for the Christmas season (like last year), many others (like me) are taking this opportunity to put away their jackets and sweaters as highs today soar into the 70s and 80s. But we'll see a rapid cool-down on Thursday with temperatures steady in the 50s during that day and lows dropping to the 30s. The current disadvantage we're keeping an eye on is the high fire danger as a result of La Nina along and west of a Gainesville, Fort Worth, Cleburne, and Meridian line. West from there, cities along and within a Bowie, Decatur, Weatherford, Hamilton, Eastland, Graham, and Jacksboro bubble are under a Fire Weather Watch. The remaining Western 1/3rd of our coverage area is under a RED FLAG WARNING where the fire danger is critical. Within the Warning, humidities are falling to 8 to 14% and winds are forecasted to blow from the southwest at 10-20 MPH with gusts to 25-30. The combination thereof will produce wildfires.
We're also keeping an eye on a disturbance which is currently out in the rockies. At this point, it's producing winter weather in Northern Utah, Western Wyoming, and most of Colorado. It continues to slowly move southeast as the week progresses and will cover the Texas Panhandle tomorrow with some snow. As it inches closer to our region, it's gonna fall apart with (you know you wanna say it...) La Nina remaining in place. Many of us will be lucky if we even get a brief flurry or 2, but no significant accumulations and impacts are expected.
- Michael R.
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