Even Warmer Weather On The Way!!!
EVEN WARMER WEATHER ON THE WAY!!!
Spring like weather is feeling like the norm this January. And above average temperatures will continue thru most of this week. This afternoon with sunny skies and breezy south wind temperatures warmed into the mid to upper 60s. It gets even warmer tomorrow.
JANUARY WARMTH…
Meteorologist Jeff Jamison looked up some January facts. This January is now the 16th warmest on record with an average temperature of 49.7 degrees. This is the average of the lows and highs for each day over the month. The warmest January on record was in 1923 when that January had an average temperature of 55.5 degrees.
This January has also only seen 7 days where the temperature got below freezing. In an average January we would see 14 days with temperatures dipping below freezing.
This January also only saw officially 4 cloudy days. In an average January we would see 16 cloudy days.
By looking at these facts it would lead someone to believe that this was a dry January too. As we know that is pretty far from the truth. So far this January we have seen 6.18" of rain. This makes this January the 2nd wettest on record behind 1932 which saw 9.07" of rain. All of the 6.18" rainfall we saw this month came from two storm events. The rest of the month was completely dry.
FORECAST…
TONIGHT… Clouds will spread north tonight from the south. Temps will stay very mild with lows in the mid 50s. Breezy winds remain out of the south at 10 to 15 mph.
TOMORROW… Mostly cloudy in the morning with spotty drizzle possible. Clouds will break some in the afternoon. It will again be breezy with south winds 15 to 25 mph. Temps will soar into the mid 70s with a high of 73 expected at DFW!
WEDNESDAY… Another warm day with mostly cloudy skies to start and staying mostly cloudy in the afternoon. A few spotty showers will be possible throughout the day. Morning low of only 58. Afternoon high of 70. Rain chances about 20%.
THURSDAY… Mostly cloudy again with still some lingering showers. Rain chances at about 20%. Temperatures remain mild with a morning low of 48 and an afternoon high of 68.
FRIDAY… Cold Front brings cooler weather. This cold front will arrive in the morning on Friday and temperatures will start in the upper 50s and then likely fall into the low 50s during the afternoon. It will be windy behind the front with gusts to 30 out of the north. Scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms will be possible especially for the eastern half of North Texas.
COOLER WEEKEND…
Saturday will be partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures starting in the morning around 42 and then warming to only 52. Sunday will be partly sunny with a morning low of 38 and an afternoon high of 55.
Larry Mowry
CBS 11 Chief Meteorologist
