Chilly conditions for New Years Eve, arctic front possible next week
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Cooler and seasonal conditions are here to start off January and 2025 before even cold weather arrives next week.
For all the New Year celebrations, we expect temperatures will make it into the upper 40s under a clear sky at the stroke of midnight. There should be enough wind blowing to prevent any foggy concerns. In years past, fireworks smoke has mixed with dense fog to bring terrible visibility, but we do not expect that to occur this year. Temperatures will then continue to fall into the low-mid 40s by Wednesday morning with a cool and sunny day ahead for the first one of 2025.
Is any more severe weather on the way?
Thankfully, no! We will have a chance of chilly showers on Thursday followed by a shower and thunderstorm chance on Sunday when our next cold front arrives. This front will mark a pattern change that could bring arctic air into the state of Texas next week.
What can we expect for the first weekend of 2025?
The weekend will start off with sunshine and mild weather with afternoon high temperatures in the upper 60s Saturday, then mid 70s for Sunday! This warm up though is paired with the next weather system that could bring a few showers and storms for Sunday. Right now we have a 40% chance for storms on Sunday.
Is a hard freeze possible, and could we get any frozen precipitation?
The answer to both questions is yes, but it's too soon to know how severe the cold will get and if we'll have the moisture around to get any wintry precipitation. If the arctic air slides more southeast toward Florida, we would just end up with a light freeze and stay dry.
However, if the arctic air slides straight toward Texas and we get an upper low to throw Pacific moisture over the top, then we could get a hard freeze and see that overlap of cold and moisture lead to snow, sleet, or freezing rain. It's just too soon to know how it will all unfold, so stay looped in for now. The earliest we expect any freezing weather to arrive is next Monday, so we have all this week to monitor the situation, and we'll have a mild weekend ahead to prepare. If we were to get any wintry precipitation, that would likely occur on or around Wednesday of next week.
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