Cooler Temperatures And Rain Chances This Week

From Meteorologist Jason Myers......

It was a hot start for the first day of October. Our high temperature today was 94 degrees, 11 degrees above our normal high for this time of the year. The hot temperatures will stay around for Sunday-Tuesday, yet there are some big changes on the way starting Tuesday night. A cold front will be pushing through the Big Country late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. Along with this cold mass of air advancing into Texas, there will be a 20% chance of thunderstorms/showers Tuesday night, and a 30% chance of thunderstorms/showers on Wednesday. Mostly cloudy skies on Wednesday and Thursday will aid in helping to keep things cooler, and we could potentially see the temperatures drop during the day on Wednesday. For now, it looks like high temperatures will be lower 70s Wednesday and Thursday.

The tropics are staying active with tropical depression 19 and 20 in the Atlantic and Category 1 Hurricane Otis in the Pacific. Hurricane Otis looks to loose it's strength quickly over the next few days as it moves slowly to the north causing ocean upwelling, which will mix cooler waters in, and as it moves over mountainous terrain of Baja California. The moisture from Hurricane Otis will give significant rain to Arizona, and is worth keeping an eye on to see if we get any of this moisture later in the week.

What may affect our weather even more is Tropical Depression 20. TD 20 is just east of the Yucatan Peninsula moving west-northwest at 6 mph. Sustained winds are at 35 mph making it close to becoming a tropical storm. Once winds reach 39 mph it will be Tropical Storm Stan, if Tropical Depression 19 doesn't become a tropical storm first. TD 20 is projected to continue on its WNW direction until it gets into the Gulf of Mexico, where it looks to become a Hurricane and turn due west making landfall in Northern Mexico. The moisture from TD 20, which could become Hurricane Stan or Tammy (depending on TD 19's strengthening), could be brought into Texas, giving southern Texas plenty of rain. So Tropical Depression 20 is something we'll be keeping an eye on as well.

Tropical Depression 19 has winds at 35 mph. TD 19 does not look to be a threat to the U.S. since it will move to the north in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

It will be interesting weather-wise as we get closer to Wednesday. We'll keep you updated with the latest here at KRBC 9.