CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — TUESDAY NIGHT: Overnight lows in the middle 60s with a few passing clouds moving through the region. Southeasterly breeze at 2-7 mph. A few pockets of inland patchy fog will also be possible.
WEDNESDAY: It'll be another unseasonably warm day of weather in the Coastal Bend with high temperatures approaching 90°; that's over 10° above the seasonal average for the time of year. As a cold front approaches the region, we'll catch a few more afternoon clouds and winds will lighten up/turn northwesterly at 5-10 mph. Humidity levels remain low.
COLD FRONT: A weak to moderate cold front will scoot through the Coastal Bend Wednesday night/early Thursday morning. This cold front will not offer rain with its passage. Winds turn northerly at 7-17 mph, gusting up to 25 mph Thursday morning. Temperatures dip into the lower 60s, then rebound t around 80° in the afternoon. With low humidity in place, it'll be a sunny delight.
LOOKING AHEAD: We'll catch another sunny delight on Friday with temperatures in the middle 50s in the morning and lower 80s in the afternoon. It'll feel great outside. I'm borderline sunny delight for Saturday as humidity levels begin to rise...we may have three in a row.
By Sunday, high pressure to our east will help southerly winds return to the region. That'll bring up humidity to a more noticeable level Sunday and early next week.
By the middle of next week, it's looking like a stronger cold front will be poised to make it into the Coastal Bend. This one may deliver the coldest batch of air to the region to date. I'm not ready to throw out specifics yet, but temperatures could stay sun 70 in the day and 40s aren't out of the question at night. Timing looks like sometime between Tuesday night and Thursday morning of next week. We'll see.
The Climate Prediction Center is advertising 'cooler than normal' conditions for South Texas between November 20-26. Remember, this doesn't mean it will be cold; rather, that temperatures are forecast to be below average during the timeframe between November 20 and 26. That means anything below the middle 70s in the day and middle 50s at night would be considered 'cooler than normal'.
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