The Wonderful Weather Rolls On . . . For Now

From Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

I hope you got outside and enjoyed the super Saturday weather we had. It was pretty much picture perfect. After a chilly start in the mid 40s, we warmed up nicely to the mid 70s with light winds and low humidity. Sunday looks to be pretty nice too. Partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. The wind is expected to be a little stonger tomorrow from the south-southeast at 10 to 20 mph.

An upper level trough continues to dig across the western portions of the U.S. and looks to be affecting us here in the Big Country by tomorrow night. There is a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows should be in the low 60s with winds from the south-southeast at 10 to 15 mph.

If you have any outdoor plans on Columbus Day or Tuesday be sure to have the rain gear handy. Right now, the chance for showers and thunderstorms stands at 40%. Skies should be mostly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 70s. It could be cooler depending on how much rain we see during the day.

A few showers or thunderstorms are possible on Wednesday, so only a slight chance of rain that day. A little more sunshine is expected so I'll call it partly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s. On Thursday, partly cloudy skies continue with highs in the mid 70s.

We have yet another system in the tropics. It's subtropical depression 22. Subtropical means that a low pressure system is showing characteristics of both a tropical and non-tropical cyclone. Accoring to the National Hurricane Center as of 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT), the depression has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph and is moving west at 20 mph. It is 265 miles southeast of Bermuda, which is currently under a Tropical Storm Watch. If this system makes it to tropical or suptropical storm status, it will be named Vince and would be the 20th named storm of the season. The latest models have this system strengthening and continuing to move west-northwest over the next couple of days. We will continue to keep you updated.

Have a spectacular Sunday!