Keep The Rain Gear Handy

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

We had some more showers and thunderstorms fire up this afternoon. They were mainly in the southern portions of the viewing area in Runnels county. Despite the rain and cloud cover we had today, we still managed to get highs in the upper 80s to low 90s this afternoon.

It looks like the type of weather we had this weekend is what we can expect for the next seven days. We have plenty of moisture in place that will stick around. Dewpoints will mainly hang in the 60s. With temperatures reaching the upper 80s to low 90s in the afternoons, we should have enough instability that stray showers and thunderstorms will be possible.

A couple of other things will enhance our rain chances for the next week. One, a weak upper level low just to our west may stick around for the next couple of days providing some lift for the moisture we have in place. Another lifting mechanism in the form of a weak cold front may slide in here late Wednesday into Thursday. It won't do much for our temperatures, but will likely cause some rain for us. Something else to keep an eye on is a low pressure trough in the western Gulf of Mexico. It should slide into east Texas over the next couple of days, but could spread a little activity into our eastern communities depending on how far to our east it goes. Overall, our chance for rain this week ranges from 20% to 50% with best chance being on Wednesday and Thursday.

Have a magnificent Monday!