Strong Thunderstorms Still Possible

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

After seeing some light rainfall amounts across our viewing area last night, rain chances remain in the forecast tonight through the extended forecast.

Tonight, I expect at least a couple of isolated thunderstorms to pop up West of the Big Country. The atmosphere was very "worked over" after last night showers and storms but has recovered quickly this afternoon. Dewpoints remain high, in the lower 60s so moisture is not a problem. We will watch another upper level disturbance tonight. So for now, only a 20 to 30 % chance of storms. Lows tonight will run from 61 to 63 areawide.

Tomorrow, things could get a little tricky by afternoon. Our old Spring friend, the dryline will pay us a visit. I expect the dryline to push in from the West tomorrow afternoon. The Western Big Country will probably remain dry, but the Central and Eastern Big Country could see strong thunderstorms. The main threats will be hail, lightning, strong winds and possibly isolated tornadoes. For right now though, the best chance for severe storms looks to be just North and East of area, but we aren't completely out of the woods. Afternoon highs will climb into the lower 80s. Winds will be strong as well, running anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour out of the South-Southwest.

Friday should remain dry, but with the dryling around, we'll leave an under 20% chance of afternoon storms in the forecast. Otherwise expect another warm afternoon with highs in the lower 80s.

Saturday and Sunday we'll carry a 20% chance of afternoon thunderstorms both days. Once again, the dryline will be making it's daily surge East through the Big Country and anywhere along that boundary we could see storms fire up. Highs for the weekend will be in the middle 80s.

As we head into next week, expect more of the same with afternoon highs in the 80s and at least a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms.