Warm Temperatures Continue

From Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

I hope you were able to get out and enjoy the beautiful Sunday weather we had. If not, don't worry because the warm temperatures will be hanging around a little longer. Monday and Tuesday should be nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid to upper 80s.

There is an upper level low pressure system just off the southern California coastline right now, which is expected to be in the Four Corners region by mid-week. This should stay far enough to our west-northwest that we won't see any rain from it. However, a weak cold front looks to move through the Big Country Wednesday night through Thursday. It is only expected to cool us down a little bit, and give us a small chance for showers and thunderstorms. Wednesday and Thursday will be partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and highs in the low to mid 80s. Friday should be dry with highs around 80.

Tropical Depression 24 continues to move slowly in the Carribean Sea. The 5 p.m. EDT (4 p.m. CDT) advisory from the National Hurricane Center tells us that the depression has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and is moving to the west-northwest at 2 mph. T.D. 24 is expected to strengthen to a tropical storm within the next 24 hours. If it does reach tropical storm status, it will be named Wilma and would be the 21st named storm of the season. This would tie the record of 21 storms set back in 1933. The latest path projection puts the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico by Friday. We will continue to keep you updated on the latest.

By the way, if you are up around 7:00 a.m. tomorrow (Monday) morning, you may want to take a look at the moon. There is a partial lunar eclipse taking place. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is in earth's shadow. The moon will look a little dark and possibly a little copper or orange in color.

Have a magnificent Monday!