Record highs (80 degrees on Christmas Day) and mostly clear skies have resulted in some beautiful morning and evening skyscapes, like this Dec. 21 sunrise captured by Jacque Moss from her home atop College Hill northeast of Kingfisher. But the wild weather pendulum may be swinging back toward winter, with a predicted low of 18 degrees on New Year’s Eve and possible snow on New Year’s Day. Prediction of a polar vortex with the potential to bring another round of super frigid air as far south as Texas carries renewed concerns about the stability of the electrical grid. The state corporation commission discussed state utility follow-up to federal recommendations to address last February’s grid failure at a meeting Tuesday. An article on the meeting, with comments from local utilities will appear in Sunday’s Times & Free Press. [Photo Credit: Jacque Moss, via Facebook]