Thursday Afternoon Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

After dealing with a bit of severe weather last night, the skies have cleared for the most part and the winds have taken over. Strong winds across the area today kicked up dirt and dust.

Overnight winds will relax a bit, down to 10 to 15 miles per hour. By tomorrow they pick right back up, this time out of the Southwest from 15 to 30 miles per hour sustained. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for all of our counties except Stonewall. Stonewall county is under a Fire Weather Watch.

Afternoon highs will quickly climb back into the upper 70s to lower 80s Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Another upper level system will approach from the West this weekend keeping winds breezy Sunday afternoon. This system will pass through dry, but will pull another cold front through the area Sunday night.

This cold front will knock afternoon highs down to near normal for the first part of next week. Highs Monday and Tuesday will only reach the middle to upper 60s. Then by mid-week we quickly warm back into the middle 70s to lower 80s.