A Stormy Morning

Good Morning from Morning Meteorologist Kristen Connolly,

It was a stormy early morning across the Big Country. Around 2 am the activity arrived in the area. We have had some strong storms with pea sized hail, wind gusts around 45 mph and locally heavy rainfall with an inch falling in an hour.

The biggest threat this morning will still be the heavy rainfall causing some ponding on the roadways and localized flooding on the morning commute. We will continue to see the line of storms push through the area this morning and the best activity for continued thunderstorms will be in our eastern counties. This activity is associated with the cold front that passed through western Texas and will be stalling in the Big Country. Our western counties should be seeing some clearing and sunshine this afternoon but this will also aid in instability and allow for the possibility of stronger storms this evening and into the overnight. We will see a 60 percent chance of storms throughout the area today and into the overnight with a disturbance making its way through the watch area. Temperatures will be in the lower 70’s with overnight lows in the mid 50’s. Winds will keep moisture in the area coming out of the south 10-20 mph.

Tomorrow we will continue the chance for thunderstorms with moisture still in place, the front stalled out, and upper level low just off to the Northwest. Temperatures will drop into the upper 60’s. Again there is the possibility for severe activity and we will keep you updated with any watches or warnings.

By Saturday we should push the upper level low out diminishing the rain chances and bringing back the sunshine with temperatures getting back into the 70’s for the rest of the weekend.

Have a great day and be safe!