1/29 – Trey Tonnessen’s “Clear Day Cold Tonight” Monday Night Forecast

Meteorologist Trey Tonnessen

Relatively benign weather expected now through Friday. Post frontal airmass continues to settle into the area though current temps suggest we`ve passed the bottom of coldest temps of the airmass. Skies remain extremely clear with nothing more than sparse cirrus deck and no clouds otherwise for hundreds of miles.

Lows and highs over the next few days should be near normal +/- 5 degrees even with weak cold front coming through Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. That boundary will mearly provide a wind shift with only slightly cooler temps and dewpoints. No rain due to lack of pre-frontal moisture return. The track of the upper level trough driving this boundary, from the Great Lakes to the Carolina`s, is the `why` for no moisture return. Basically, this trough pushes the surface ridge currently centered over east Texas back west. Thus, surface winds never turn southerly. The rest of the week remains quiet with slightly moderating temps Friday as upper level ridge slides across the region. Will begin to see a gradual increase in low level moisture as southerly winds develop ahead of an approaching system from the west.

As always: A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. Be nice to each other.

• Meteorologist Trey Tonnessen