The Heat Is On This Week

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

We saw our hottest day of the month so far today as temperatures mainly reached the mid to upper 90s across the Big Country. A few isolated showers and thunderstorms tried to form in the eastern and southern portions of the viewing area. Most of these died out about as quickly as the flared up. One of them did hang around near Blanket in Brown county for a while dumping some brief heavy rainfall and causing some gusty winds. The reason for these storms was due to a weakening of the upper level high pressure ridge as well as the cap in the atmosphere.

We look to be in a similar setup tomorrow so there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon to early evening hours. Any activity that we do see should die down once we lose the heating of the day. Highs should be in the mid to upper 90s.

The ridge should strengthen starting on Tuesday and hold strong through at least the end of the week. This means temperatures will remain hot with highs in the mid to upper 90s. Lows should be in the low to mid 70s.

Have a magnificent Monday!