12/21 Ryan’s “Near Freezing” Friday Evening Forecast

Now that the rain and warmer weather has moved on, we’ll get right back to near freezing with quickness. A decent amount of cloud cover lingered into the afternoon, but it cleared through the evening. Those clear skies and light winds will allow for maximum radiational cooling tonight, bringing lows the 30’s back to the coast for the first time in over a week.

The low on the waterfront tonight will fall to around 37, but inland areas will be flirting with, or right at freezing.

This cold snap only lasts for a day though, as return flow sets up as early as Saturday afternoon. These southerly winds will increase the temperature and humidity ahead of our next frontal system, which will arrive Sunday night/Monday morning. This front won’t have much energy or moisture associated with it, so don’t expect much of a cool-down or significant rainfall. That means short of an isolated shower and a slight increase in cloud cover, Christmas Eve is looking pretty clear for Santa…not that he needs much help anyway. He could also likely leave the coat in the sleigh when delivering here in South MS as afternoon highs will be nearing 70 and evening lows will be much more mild than tonight at 50 degrees.