Weather

Brownfield Ag Weather Outlook

For Christmas Eve, a storm’s trailing cold front will arrive in the East, triggering heavy rain, locally severe thunderstorms, and possible flash flooding. The greatest flood threat will occur in the Northeast, where runoff may be enhanced by rapidly melting snow. In the storm’s wake, sharply colder air will cover the Midwest and East for Christmas Day, while snow showers and squalls will linger across the Appalachians and downwind of the Great Lakes. By the morning of December 26, freezes will reach northern Florida and could extend as far south as the northern part of Florida’s citrus belt. In contrast, mild weather will quickly return across the High Plains, where Christmas Day high temperatures could reach or exceed 60° from western Kansas southward. Elsewhere, a storm system should arrive along the northern Pacific Coast on Friday, with precipitation extending inland to the northern Rockies and southward into parts of California.