It's the closest thing to a Blue Norther so far this season as temperatures plummet into the upper 30s by Sunday morning. A "real" blue Norther is a strong cold front that sweeps down from the Central Plains into Texas. The "blue" part comes from the skies that accompany the front and the "north" part is because that's where it comes from - up north. In a classic Blue Norther, there are usually strong storms in advance of the storms and temperatures can drop as much as 30 degrees in just an hour.
This front will sweep across Southeast Texas Friday night, but without much rain. There will be a lot of wind as the front passes, but temperatures will fall gradually Friday night into Saturday morning from the 60s to the upper 40s.
November is the time of year that this happens, so I dug through the record books and here are the dates that we've seen the temperature drop below 40 over the past eight years:
2007 - Nov. 16: 39°
2006 - Nov. 16: 39°
2005 - Nov. 17: 36°
2004 - Nov. 30: 39°
2003 - Nov. 24: 35°
2002 - Nov. 23: 39°
2001 - Nov. 21: 35°
2000 - Nov. 9: 38°
Since we're headed to the upper 30s Sunday, that would make three years in a row that we've hit that mark on the 16th. Hope you're ready to bundle up!
