Rain You Want, Rain You Get

From KRBC Chief Meteorologist Randy Turner ...

I'm writing this on Sunday afternoon around 2:30pm and have been watching it rain since the middle of the morning - a steady, sometimes heavy, rain which has been just what the doctor ordered. It's one of those days where a good nap works well. But, there is weather to forecast so here is where I think we're going with this system.

First - The low helping cause the rain won't leave our area until Wednesday. It was still in Colorado this afternoon but forecast to begin moving southeast.

Secondly - Upper level disturbances rotating around the low will be capable of dropping heavy rain from now through Tuesday with a decreasing chance for rain on Wednesday.

Flooding is a concern - With now over 3 inches of rain since Friday, Abilene has a soaked ground - we can handle a slow steady rain pretty well - we just can't handle prolonged downpours which is a real threat going into Monday so please monitor our webpage or watch KRBC news updates.

Sunday Night: Rain and thunderstorms likely, locally heavy rain possible. Low near 66.

Monday: Rain and thunderstorms likely, locally heavy rain and flash flooding possible. High near 79.

Monday Night: Rain and thunderstorms likely, low 66, locally heavy rain possible.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance for rain, high 82.

Wednesday: A slight 20% chance for rain, high 85.

Thursday and Friday: Partly cloudy, near 90.

Saturday and Sunday: Partly cloudy, near 92.