(KLFY) -- We saw a nice day for today with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the lower 60s. Temperatures will fall quickly for tonight, getting into the lower 40s by morning.
A weak upper-level disturbance will move overhead tomorrow, which will be enough to increase clouds, at the very least, and also give us a chance of showers. Most of the showers will be confined to areas along and south of I-10. No heavy precipitation accumulation is expected.
Saturday looks decent before a strong storm system moves into the area late Sunday night. This storm system could bring the chance of severe storms before moving an Arctic front through the region late Sunday night/Monday morning.
This Arctic front is going to bring a huge shock to the system. Temperatures on Sunday will reach the mid-upper 70s, but by Monday morning, readings could be in the 30s. Highs will be buried in the 40s throughout the day on Monday with strong northerly winds.
Temperatures below freezing may be possible on both Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Highs will only reach the upper 40s Tuesday and could be in the lower 40s Wednesday.
Everyone has been asking about the chance of precipitation around and about during this very cold period. Models have been going back and forth with the possibility of subtropical jet stream disturbances giving us precipitation on Wednesday and/or Thursday, leading to the possibility of winter precipitation. For starters, it's way too early in the forecast to know if this will indeed happen. GFS model has been the most aggressive with this, while the European model has trended much drier for now. Many of the GFS ensembles are drier as well, so for now I will keep precipitation chances low for next Wednesday, but this could certainly change as models latch on the upper-level pattern which will be in place at the time.
