Warm & Windy Tomorrow, Maybe a Thunderstorm

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

Chalk up another beautiful day in the books today. Afternoon highs climbed into the lower to middle 80s areawide. About the only problem were the winds today, tomorrow, the winds will be a little stronger. There will also be an outside chance for an isolated thunderstorm as well.

As an upper level system moves through from the West tomorrow, a dryline will push through the Big Country tomorrow afternoon. There is a chance for a few isolated, severe thunderstorms as the dryline pushes through. Behind the dryline, expect Westerly winds picking up to 20 to 30 miles per hour and gusting even stronger.

Tomorrow night a cold front will push through that could produce a line of showers and possibly severe thunderstorms with strong winds and hail being the main threat if the storms come to pass.

By Thursday, all rain chances will become a thing of the past as high pressure begins to build in. Winds will remain breezy Thursday with very dry air at the surface. Because of this, the National Weather Service has already issued a Fire Weather Watch for Thursday. Knox County is under a Red Flag Warning for Wednesday.

The rest of the extended forecast will remain sunny with high temperatures in the upper 70s.