The Chance For Rain Continues

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

We once again had scattered showers and thunderstorms move across most of the Big Country throughout the day. So far, we have officially picked up 1.17" in the last two days at Abilene Regional Airport. Doppler estimated rainfall shows 2 to 3 inches have been picked up in portions of Coke, Mitchell, and Nolan counties. Due to all of the cloud cover and rainfall in the viewing area, most of us only made it into the 80s for highs.
The southeastern communities of Brownwood and Comanche ended up making it into the low to mid 90s before the rain started.

You'll want to keep the rain gear handy for the next couple of days as a cold front is expected to move into the Big Country tomorrow before stalling out. This will keep the chance for more rainfall in the forecast. The best chance is tomorrow at 60%. On Tuesday the front should move a little further south so the chance for rain is 30%. With mostly cloudy skies and more rainfall expected, highs should be in the mid to upper 80s. That is if we get some sunshine. If we only have clouds and rain, we probably won't get that warm.

We warm things back up a little bit for Wednesday through Friday with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Partly cloudy skies are expected as well as a 20% chance for some isolated showers and thunderstorms.

It looks like another cold front may make into the area next weekend cooling our temperatures back down and continuing our chance for rain.

Hurricane Ernesto is now Tropical Storm Ernesto according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. It is very near the southwestern tip of Haiti and about 140 miles south-southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph and is expected to strengthen, possibly to hurricane status, before reaching Cuba.
The latest path projection takes it over Cuba before reaching the Florida Keys on Tuesday. We'll continue to keep you updated on this storm.

Have a magnificent Monday!