Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited....
* Same old song and dance in the weather department. It's still hot and it's still dry across Abilene and the Big Country. The ridge continues to sit over Texas and the south central parts of the country which is keeping the current weather pattern very hot and dry...as noted earlier. Expect sunny to mostly conditions the next several days with highs in the lower 100s and still very warm and uncomfortable at night with lows in the middle 70s.
* Models this morning still indiciating we will see a pattern chance toward the weekend. The high pressure should slowly shift westward toward the middle and end of the week which will take the edge off some of the heat. Temperatures will drop back into the middle 90s over the weekend with overnight lows in the lower 70s. As the ridge slips westward, the clockwise flow around the high will bring a northerly to northwesterly flow across the area. This pattern should help bring a weak cold front into the area toward the weeekend.
* Rain? A northerly to northwesterly flow in summer is usually our best chance (other than a tropical system coming inland and drifting up this way)for some rain chances. Complexes of storms will develop over the high plains and drift south and southeastward down toward northern Texas. We call these mesoscale convective systems(or MCS for short)which are pretty much a a large cluster of thunderstorms. We'll watch for this activity toward Sunday and early next week as the models are hinting at some isolated rain chances. I've went ahead and added a 20% chance for Sunday and Monday. Will have to monitor as this is still several days away.
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Enjoy your Tuesday...
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