The rain is officially outta here for all of us! The cold front isn’t far behind and you can feel it with some cool and dry conditions outside and cloudy skies above. For the next few days, we’ll have fair skies ahead and a gradual warming trend as we climb from the 60s to the low 70s. Overnight, the low will be in the low 40s tonight and gradually warm up into the 50s as we make it through the week. Winds will also shift towards the south and southeast as the week progresses. Along with that, since we’ll have some cooler nights ahead, some areas of dense fog are possible for Monday and Tuesday night, so if you’re traveling overnight or in the morning, please be careful!
I figured I’d go ahead and talk about Friday’s weather since there’s been a little bit of buzz about it. Right now, the Storm Prediction Center hasn’t put out any chance for severe weather yet, but they said it was possible that this may be a marginal risk (1/5) as it moves through the ArkLaTex area and into Mississippi. The location of the low pressure zone is close to Missouri, but I have noticed that the front occludes fairly quickly as it moves further past Texas. Along with that, the convection potential looks to be a bit on the low side.
Can this change? Absolutely! We’re still quite a ways out and things can and likely will change. Right now, the main concerns for this system are heavy rain, flash flooding, and lightning. The precipitable water amounts for this storm are quite high which means that we’ll likely get a dump of rain when the system moves through. A few areas especially further south will likely see some rumbles of thunder, so a few severe thunderstorms may be possible as we go through the night. The storm looks to move in late Thursday night and be out by Friday morning.
I’ll have an update for you in the middle of the week to see how this evolves. Have a good week!
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Regional Day-to-Day Forecast
Tonight – Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low in the low 40s. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday – Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high in the low to mid 60s. Calm wind.
Tuesday Night – Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low in the mid 40s. Calm wind.
Wednesday – Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high in the low 70s. Calm wind.
Wednesday Night – Mostly cloudy, with a low in the low 50s. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph.
Thursday – Mostly cloudy, with a high in the low 70s. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night – A slight chance of rain, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low in the mid 50s. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday – Rain likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high in the low 70s. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Friday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid 40s. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Saturday – Sunny, with a high in the mid 60s.
Saturday Night – Mostly clear, with a low in the low 40s.
Sunday – Sunny, with a high in the low 70s.
Sunday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Monday – Sunny, with a high near 74.
