Friday Evening Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

I'd almost call the weather today perfect across the Big Country. Sunny skies and highs only in the upper 70s was quite nice. Oh well, it can't last forever. Changes begin as soon as Saturday as high pressure shifts to our South and East we end up with a fairly strong Southerly flow. That will do two things for us, one, keep the moisture supply in the atmosphere high. Two, it will help warm temperatures back into the upper 80s to low 90s this week.

With that much moisture and warmth, we could see a couple of isolated, strong thunderstorms Sunday afternoon. If things do fire up, expect large hail and damaging winds, as well as the chance for an isolated tornado. We'll have the same setup for Monday afternoon, but a better chance thanks to an upper level system approaching from the West. With this system on the way, upper level support will arrive ahead of it and bring us an increased possibility for strong to severe thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday.

This system will cool us off dramatically by Tuesday. Showers will be possible Tuesday and Wednesday, with high temperatures only in the upper 60s to near 70.

By Thursday and Friday we will quickly warm back into the lower 80s, but with plenty of moisture still around, we won't be able to rule out an isolated shower or thunderstorm.