KRBC Weather Lab

From KRBC Weekend Meteorologist Stephanie Malone...

Happy Saturday to everyone! A lot to talk about in weather this weekend.

Showers and thunderstorms throughout much of the Big Country as a low pressure system in northern Mexico is bringing moisture in from the gulf.

The chance for storms will continue through the evening and into tomorrow. We'll begin tomorrow off with a 20% chance for showers ... and as the day goes on the chance will dimenish as the low pushes off even further to the west.

Expect mostly sunny skies and highs in the lower 90's for your Labor Day holiday continuing into Tuesday.

Wednesday there is a chance that a front will push into the northern portions of the Big Country giving us a chance for rain.

Hurricane Gustav is now a strong Category 4 hurricane with winds at 138 miles per hour. It is expected to stay a Category 4 before hitting land late Monday into early Tuesday. There is large uncertainty as to the track that Gustav will make. It could hit as far southwest as Corpus Christy or as far east as Mississipi. If Gustav takes the more westerly track, then we could be seeing rain chances Thursday through the end of next week. We'll be keeping a close eye on the track of Gustav to see if it will effect our weather her in West Texas.

A busy time in the tropics ... also Tropical Storm Hanna to speak about. Hanna is in the Atlantic and could be effecting the Bahamas. We'll also keep a close eye on it's progress in the coming days.

That's your Big Country forecast ... thank you for checking us out at www.bigcountryhomepage.com and don't forget to tune in Sunday night for the MDA Jerry Lewis telethon.