Cloudy and Cooler

Do you remember all that warm weather that we enjoyed in up to Christmas Day? It left.

It stayed above freezing this morning, we only had two freezes at DFW Airport in all of December. Just two years ago we had a record number of freezes by this date. This winter so far we've only had three, the fifth fewest in the 118 year record:

No surprise that as soon as we get into January here in north Texas we start getting colder. The trend ahead suggests the cold is here to stay for the heart of winter:

Cloudy and cool today. Despite the start with temperatures above freezing we'll only warm to around 50 today. We'll include a slight chance of light rain across our southern tier (not the Metroplex):

Tomorrow we'll have more sunshine, highs will get a little warmer. But a cold front comes through tomorrow late and brings yet another shot of cold air. Back to school and back to work on Monday for many and winter coats will be needed:

Rain is in the forecast for the drought areas of California. This system will bring us rain mid-week. The best chances look to arrive late Wednesday and stick around into the first half of the day on Thursday. We'll enjoy a brief warm spell before even colder air arrives next weekend: