A few strong storms moved though our Southeast counties causing some trees damage along highway 87 near Hemphill and highway 96 S near Pineland. Most of the rain has moved out of the KETK viewing area, but a few isolated showers could continue to pop-up during these late afternoon hours and coming to an end by this evening.
The cold front that has now moved just to our south has stalled. For most of the time period from this weekend into the early part of next week the front will stretch from Southeast Texas, northwestward across Central and then Northwest Texas and up along the front range of the Rockies. That front will serve as a battle ground between cooler and drier air in the Midwest and Mississipi River Valley and very warm and humid air near the Gulf Coast and up through Central and West Texas. The tricky part will be forecasting minor upper air disturbances that will move south-southeastward in an unstable northwesterly flow aloft and interact with the front to lead to occasional areas of showers and thunderstorms moving southeastward from western and central Oklahoma into parts of Texas. These minor disturbances will continue to give us rain chances through mid-week. By late next week the upper level "heat pump" high may start to build back in from the west leading to sunnier and somewhat hotter weather again.
FORECAST DETAILS:
TONIGHT: A few clouds with any lingering rain ending. Lows near 68. Winds N 5-Calm.
SUNDAY: Variable cloudiness with a slight chance (30%) for a few showers and thunderstorms. Highs 88-94. Winds S 5-10 mph.
MONDAY: Partly sunny with just a slight chance (30%) for scattered showers, especially towards the evening. Continued relatively mild. Low 70, High 92. Winds SSW 10 mph.
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy with a chance (40%) for thunderstorms, better chances (60%) towards the eveing and overnight hours. Low 70, High 90. Winds SE 15 mph.
WEDNESDAY: Variable cloudiness with a chance (30%) for showers and thunderstorms. Low 72, High 89. Winds S/E 10 mph.
THURSDAY: Partly sunny and a little warmer...still a slight chance (20%) for a few thunderstorms. Low 73, High 92. Winds Var 5 mph.
FRIDAY through SATURDAY: Mostly sunny and warmer. Lows near 74, Highs 94-95. Winds NW 5 mph becoming SSW 5 mph.