Warm end to the work week in North Texas before temperatures drop
A cold front is set to arrive in North Texas on Friday, with highs back in the 40s on Saturday.
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Jeff joined CBS 11 and TXA 21 in December 2010. He is the senior Meteorologist on staff and can be seen covering various shifts across the week or on the weekend evenings. He also serves as one of the primary reporters for the CBS series "Climate Connection". Jeff visits area schools weekly as part of the Weather on Wheels program.
Born in Lubbock, Jeff spent most of his childhood in Tennessee. He holds a degree in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin as well as a bachelor's degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State. His master's degree in science education comes from the University of Missouri.
Jeff's broadcast career spans over 35 years. Jeff and his wife Fawn (a chiropractor in Colleyville) have two sons. The oldest is serving in Alaska on the USCGC Alex Haley in the Bering Sea. The youngest is finishing up high school and plans for a career in the Coast Guard as a marine biologist.
If you would like Jeff to come talk to your group about how changing weather patterns are changing the way we garden in this area, please email him at jaray@viacomcbs.com.
A cold front is set to arrive in North Texas on Friday, with highs back in the 40s on Saturday.
Temperatures on Friday will be 10 degrees cooler than Thursday, and drop even more by Saturday.
If you are wondering about New Year's Eve, it's not looking super cold, just very seasonal. It is also looking dry.
Christmas Day will likely be the second-warmest Christmas on record, with highs in the lower 80s, and a new record is likely for Friday.
A ridge of high pressure is dominating in the upper levels of the atmosphere, resulting in above-average highs.
Maybe grab a light jacket as you head out the door Monday morning, but you won't need it by the afternoon.
Sunday is the shortest day and longest night of the year.
North Texas temperatures Tuesday morning are above freezing with the help of cloud cover and southerly winds.
Coats, gloves and hats are needed if you head out to support your family or friends in the BMW Dallas Marathon on Sunday morning.
For the third day in a row, highs reached into the mid-60s Thursday, great winter weather. Friday should be a few degrees warmer.
Winter weather in North Texas stays on the warmer side for a few more days until a strong cold front brings a winter punch on Sunday.
A cold front is moving across the area Sunday morning, bringing a cool and gusty northerly wind.
North Texas had the first freeze of the season this morning, making it the coldest start since February.
Monday is the first day of meteorological winter and it sure felt like it this morning with temperatures in the 30s.
Cold weather is expected all day.