Morning Observations / Forecast December 17 2022

Good morning. Today’s observation as of 8:10 am shows the current temperature of 21 degrees with a pressure of 30.01 inches and steady. Winds are out of the ESE at 4 mph. Relative humidity at 65% with a dew point of 14 degrees. The air is pretty dry. The skies are overcast.

The forecast for today. We will reach about 31 degrees give or take by 2 pm today and will begin to drop by 4 pm today. By 3 am in the morning temperatures will increase to about 37 degrees as the cold front moves through the area and rain begins at this time.

HRRR Temperature at 2 pm CST
HRRR Temperature at 3 am CST

The precipitation starts out as rain but then by 6 am Monday morning rain will shift to snow.

HRRR Precipitation Type at 3 am
HRRR Precipitation Type shifting to snow by 6 am

As for accumulation, it looks to not be much according to the Weather Prediction Center. We have a 5-10% chance of snow amounts of one inch or greater by noon Monday.

WPC Snow Accumulation probabilities at 5-10% at One Inch or Greater

By 6 pm Monday evening the chances increase slightly to ten to twenty percent chance of snow amounts one inch or greater.

WPC Snow Accumulation probabilities at 10-20% at One Inch or Greater

That is pretty much it for today. Be careful driving Monday. Take care. MP

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