The Answer, My Friend, is Blowing in the Wind

FROM KRBC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST RANDY TURNER ..

SORRY, COULDN'T RESIST THE HEADLINE ALLUDING TO THE WIND, A VERY SERIOUS WIND SITUATION WHICH IS SHAPING UP ON FRIDAY.

THE WIND WILL BE RELENTLESS FRIDAY, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WEST, THE AIR VERY DRY AND TEMPERATURES VERY WARM - WHICH IS WHY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE TEXAS FORESTRY SERVICE ARE URGING EVERYONE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION FRIDAY WHEN IT COMES TO FIRES. NO OUTDOOR BURNING IN ANY WAY WOULD BE IDEAL .. IF YOU SMOKE, KEEP THOSE CIGARETTE BUTTS IN THE CAR, DON'T THUMP THEM OUTSIDE.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA NORTH OF US, IN OKLAHOMA AND ALONG THE RED RIVER, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIND AND AS THAT SYSTEM MOVES EAST TOMORROW, IT WILL BE REPLACED BY SLIGHTLY COOLER, BUT NOT COLD AIR, ON SATURDAY. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE KRBC VIEWING AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE EARLIEST, MORE LIKELY DURING THE DAY MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THOSE COULD BE SEVERE. PAST THAT, MILD AND DRY WEATHER FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.

TONIGHT: CLEAR AND 50 WITH SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15.
FRIDAY: VERY WINDY, WARM, HIGH OF 88. WEST WIND 30 TO 40, MAY BE SOME BLOWING DUST DURING THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ON FRIDAY.
FRIDAY NIGHT: CLEAR AND 45.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: SUNSHINE WITH HIGHS NEAR 70.
MONDAY: 30% CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.