Arctic Blast: Round 2

What goes up, must come down! Following a beautiful weekend, the temperatures began to sky rocket into the 70s and 80s across most of Texas to kick start this new work week.

For the second day in December, the average temperature reported at Easterwood Airport in College Station is 65°. Therefore, on this Cyber Monday, if you love warm air, today was a huge bargain for this time of year. In fact, this warm air will hang around through the middle of the week, before a major push of Canadian air heads our way once again. Just like early last week, we will have a repeat performance.

In order to experience a huge shift in our weather, we first need a fresh batch of hard core cold air in Canada and Alaska.



With a core of sub-zero temperatures, this air is poised to make a move into the United States and eventually in our direction. The air will moderate during it journey down, but the whats left will make us grab our winter coats and turn up the heat!

Ahead of the impending cold blast, the National Weather Service has already posted widespread Winter Storm Watches and Winter Storm Warnings for many locations in the northern Rockies and Plains.

Mostly the higher elevations in the Rockies will accumulate large mounds of snow with some locations receiving nearly two feet! Its white gold for all of the ski resorts, not really gold when it comes to traveling.

Nonetheless, the cold air should arrive in the Brazos Valley sometime early Thursday afternoon. Ahead of this push of really cold stuff, clouds will increase and periods of rain will overspread the region. Once the cold front hits and moves by Thursday afternoon, temperatures will drop like a rock as a gusty north wind will help shuttle in our new air mass.

From Friday and into the weekend, expect highs to only reach the 40s with overnight lows dipping into the 30s along side a gusty wind, making it feel even colder. Additionally, clouds and some precipitation will hang back over the cold air, which in turn could cause icy conditions for parts of north Texas around Dallas and Fort Worth.

I will make sure to keep you posted should any changes arise.

"Take a look up once in a while; you never know what you’ll miss."

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