Off and on rain will continue this morning into early afternoon. HRRR model (below) thinks rain will be gone by 3 PM:
Less than 0.20″ expected. High 47°, but tonight’s winds turn colder, and wind chills will approach freezing.
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Roller Coaster Weather: Dry Today, Wet Tomorrow, Dry Christmas Eve, [Possibly] Rainy Christmas Day
High pressure is here today, leaving us with sunny and mostly-clear skies.
Our high temp will rise into the low 50°s. Tonight’s low will fall into the upper 30°s.
As for getting out and about today: it’s a great day for it! If you’ve got outdoor plans, expect calm winds from the south with a max speed of 8 mph, with no rain for the afternoon kickoff.
Clearing This Afternoon, Dry Christmas Eve and a Mostly Dry Christmas, Then Looking Beyond…
Clearing Today
The rain is on its way out.
Below is the HRRR’s thinking on today. Notice it has all rain out by 3 PM.
On and off showers will continue through the morning hours and will eventually taper off from west to east as the upper-level low moves north. Additional rain totals could amount up to a quarter inch at most.
Rain Continues Today/Tomorrow Morning; Drying Out Saturday
Periods of on-and-off rainfall continue today. We could see upwards of 0.5″ of rain through midnight tonight, the NAM shows below.
Clouds will keep us a bit cooler than we have been with a high creeping into the low 50°s. Tonight’s low will remain in the low 40°s.
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Here Comes the Moisture!
Today is still looking mostly dry with a high temp around 61º. The reason our temperature will reach the low 60s today is that our winds have turned more southerly bringing with it two things: warmer temperatures and gulf moisture.
Dry & Nice Today/Tomorrow; Rain Moves in Early Thursday & Lasts Into Friday
Pleasant and Dry Today and Tomorrow
High pressure continues to dominate our weather. Today, high temps will brush the upper 50°s. It’s going to be a beautiful day!
Wednesday looks mostly dry with a high temp in the upper 50°s, low 60°s. As our next rainmaker moves closer we’ll begin to see and feel those effects. Our winds will will shift to the south (bringing the slightly warmer temperatures and plenty of Gulf moisture).
Dry Start to the Work Week, Ending Wet and Cold, Snow Unlikely Late Friday
This week is starting dry.
Why dry? We’re dominated by a ridge building across the central United States. Ridges are high pressure, pressing down and suppressing vertical motion key to making it rain.
Next Rain Event: Late Wednesday thru Friday. Rain-To-Snow Friday Night? Ehhhhhh.
The first half of the work/school week looks pretty good.
The second half not so much.
Next Rain Event Late Wednesday – Thursday – Friday
Storms/Severe?
Flood?
Snow?
Keep reading.
Rain should start around or after midnight Wednesday night into the wee hours of Thursday morning. “Should.”
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Today our weather is better than New York’s weather and I hope our football team is also, you know, better than the Giants.
(Apologies to my mother in law, who loves Eli Manning, and frankly I respect the dude, my son ran into him last summer and Eli was pure class. May you lose, uninjured, Eli).
Rain Today; Drying Out Tomorrow; Dry Start for Next Week
Scattered Showers Today
Low pressure center continues to swirl over north/central Mississippi, it will continue to keep spotty showers over us for today.
We continue to be a few degrees above normal for mid-December, with a high in the mid 50s. Clouds hanging around after sunset will keep overnight lows in the mid 40s.
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