Rick Mitchell

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks: What natural weather process can increase the amount of nitrogen in the soil?

This rainy and unsettled weather pattern appears to be winding down. There may be one last batch of showers and storms late tonight or early Tuesday that moves into North Texas from the west, but that is not a certainty.

Remember the movie Twister? The one starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell?

Remember the movie Twister? The one starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and Rick Mitchell? It was 25 years ago NBC 5’s chief meteorologist was working in Oklahoma and filmed scenes used in the movie.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell explains why the snow is melting in freezing temperatures.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks when a thunderstorm develops over a wildfire, what type of cloud is it?

NBC 5 Chief Meterologist Rick Mitchell asks in what month does daylight increase more than two minutes per day in DFW?

Wednesday won’t be quite as cold as the high climbs into the upper 50s. Dry weather is expected through Thursday before a slight chance of rain arrives Friday.

The sky will be clear tonight and the wind will stay up. Air temperatures will drop into the middle 20s to lower 30s by Tuesday morning.

High temperatures over the weekend will be the mid 60s to near 70 through Sunday. The overall weather pattern looks very quiet and dry through the weekend.

Cooling down with breezy and cooler weather for Friday. This weekend will be pleasant.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell updates the Thursday evening forecast.

The next cold front will arrive by Friday morning. There will be a significant cool-down Friday and Saturday, before temperatures rebound on Sunday and Monday.

Warm and breezy with temps in the 70s. There will be high clouds. A cold front will approach later this evening.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell updates the Wednesday evening forecast.

Pleasant temperatures in the forecast with temperatures in the upper 60s for Wednesday. Highs will be in the 50s on Friday with an incoming cold front.

A dry stretch of weather with near normal to above normal temperatures. This pattern will hold through the rest of the week and weekend.

We’re now a couple days into December, but the weather is going to stay rather nice between now and the middle part of the month. Temperatures will be near normal to above normal all the way through the end of the weekend. Some cooler air appears to be on the way early next week.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what an atmospheric river produces.

A nice little warm-up is in store for North Texas the next couple of days as 60s return. Mostly sunny skies will accompany the warmer air as well.