Astronomical winter officially started at 9:03a today, marking the shortest day of the year – sunset at 4:36p.
The good news is that the days will slowly get longer from here on out (until the summer solstice).
Not a bad Saturday weather-wise. High temps near 60°, plenty of sun.
Another dry day on Sunday but temps a tad cooler with highs only in the low 50s.
Monday, we start our warmup for the week.
We’ll get into the 60s by Tuesday, near 70° Christmas Eve thru Friday. We aren’t looking at any record highs (76° for Christmas), but ~20° above average sure is warm.
Today will be anything but toasty. High temps only reaching the mid 40s. We’ll get plenty of sun to help dry us out though.
Saturday will be a better day for outdoor plans compared to Sunday. Highs in the upper 50s on Saturday, only low 50s for Sunday. At least both will be dry.
First batch of rain should move out of here by lunchtime-ish, we’ll get a break for a couple of hours. In this break, we’ll likely see some non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 25-35mph. Be sure to secure any outdoor decorations.
Few quick + light showers possible thru lunchtime. Most of us will stay dry today though. Highs all the way in the mid 50s.
Thinking on Thursday’s very, very low chance of a strong storm or two remains unchanged.
These clouds have been fairly stubborn this morning but should eventually give way to some sun. We’ll make it close to 50° this afternoon.
Maybe a few quick sprinkles Wednesday morning, but most likely just some clouds. Highs into the mid 50s.
We’ll finally return above freezing today after ~36 hours of below freezing temps. High temp of around 40° certainly isn’t warm, but it’s improvement.
We’ll gradually warm up over the next several days, even making it all the way to 60° for a high by Thursday, leaving the near 0° wind chills in the past.
If you haven’t been outside today – it’s cold. Don’t let the sun fool you. Wind chill values (aka “feels like” temps) will be near the single digits all day. If you need to go outside today to do anything, be sure to have several layers on, hypothermia can set in quickly with this kind of cold.
If you are trying to decide about getting something done outside either today or Sunday – I could not recommend today more.
That’s not entirely because today will be super nice, but because Sunday will be brutally cold.
High temps in the mid 50s today will be slightly above our average high of 50°. Lots of sun.
Highs will be around 50° on Saturday. Out of the two weekend days, this will be the day to get stuff done outside if you need to.