Monday Morning Update

From Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

We started off mild this morning with temperatures in the low 50s to low 60s across the area. Temperatures will only warm up into the mid 60s to low 70s thanks mainly to a cold front that will move through the Big Country this morning. Mostly cloudy skies is the other reason temperatures will not warm up as much. Winds are not expected to be as bad as yesterday. It will be a little breezy from time to time with winds from the north-northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms beginning today and lasting through Thursday. Our chances for rain today and tomorrow are due to the cold front that will be moving through the Big Country today. This front is expected to stall to our south and act as lifting mechanism for the moisture. Some showers and thunderstorms could fire along it and move into our area. Another reason for our rain chances is a trough that will set up to our west. An upper level low should form and send a few disturbances towards us tomorrow through Thursday. The low itself is expected to move across the Texas panhandle late Wednesday into Thursday. This will help drag the dryline through west central Texas on those days. Any storms we see over the next four days have a potential to be severe, but the best possiblity of severe storms will be late Wednesday into Thursday. Right now, our rain chances are about 20% for today and 30% for Tuesday through Thursday.

Skies should clear for Friday through Sunday, so the weekend looks good for now with highs in the mid to upper 70s.

Have a magnificent Monday!