Rain, Rain Come This Way! 4:45 p.m. Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

After our cold front arrived earlier today temperatures held steady in the lower 60s leaving us with a very pleasant end to the work-week. Now, we focus our attention to the weekend and our upcoming rain chances.

We've said this before, but the closer we get to a possible rain even, the more confidence we have in our forecast. The good news is, the closer we get to Sunday, the better the rain chances look. Now, I think we will see scattered showers across the area Sunday, but totals will not be all that impressive. I'm still convinced we will only see anywhere from a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch of rain. The good news with all of this is, I believe we really are in the midst of a pattern change.

Looking at some of the longer-range models this afternoon it looks like we will have another upper level system push through the Big Country Wednesday and Thursday of next week. With that system we could see another batch of showers.

After that, it looks like another system could affect us by next weekend.

So, again, this is not a drought ender, nor is this the end of fire danger across the area, but it could be the beginning.