Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast
Winter is here and so is a big warmup!
After a chilly stretch of weather most of this week, temperatures will move back into the above-normal column this weekend and through much of next week.
But our rain chances will be rising next week as well.
We may wake up to some area of dense fog on Saturday morning. Once that burns off, expect a mix of clouds and sunshine with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. That's a few degrees above normal.
Abundant sunshine returns for Christmas Eve on Sunday. That will help our temperatures climb to around 60s degrees.
Christmas Day may even by a few degrees warmer. But after morning sunshine, we expect clouds to build in through the day.
Rain from an approaching storm system should hold off until Tuesday. And this slow-moving system will bring us a good chance for rain Tuesday and Wednesday, with lower chances Thursday and Friday.
Much cooler air moves in behind that storm system. And it looks like we will ring in 2023 with cooler and dry air. Stay tuned.
