Wind Wind Go Away !!!

Saturday morning Update from KRBC Chief Meteorologist Randy Turner ...

The forecast is playing out pretty much as I described on KRBC News at 10 Friday night.

There are showers stretching from the southwest to the northeast across the central and western Big Country, including rain here in Abilene. As of 7:20am, only .03 of rain had been recorded at Abilene Regional Airport. Rain amounts won't be heavy today, but most of our viewing area should see at least a few showers. A few embedded thunderstorms can't be ruled out, dropping slightly heavier amounts of rain.

BUT, the big weather story today is the W I N D !! It's not going to be pretty !! Wind will be at its worst this afternoon, so if you want to avoid it, run your errands this morning and stay in this afternoon.

A WIND ADVISORY is in effect from noon until 6pm. West wind of 35 to 45 will howl through the region throughout the afternoon. This brings a high wildfire danger too so please be careful and avoid outdoor burning today. DUST is also possible this afternoon.Wind should subside after dusk.

For the rest of the weekend, around 40 Saturday night and upper 50's on Sunday with a few clouds moving through the area. Sunday will be dry. Next chance for rain coming this Wednesday and temperatures should be closer to normal this week.