Friday Morning Update

Good Morning from Morning Meteorologist Kristen Connolly...

With plenty of moisture in the Big Country we saw a blanket of clouds yesterday and a few scattered showers around the area. Here in Abilene we got .01 rain reported although not much it is a sign that the rain is coming, just a little later than expected. Temperatures stayed steadily in the lower 70’s and winds continued to gust out of the South brining in abundant of low level moisture.

As the upper level low is being pushed towards our region we are finally seeing some disturbances get thrown into our area along with plenty of pacific moisture in our mid and upper levels. With moisture already readily available, this will help to keep the rain chances in for today and the rest of the weekend. The track of the low is now taking it through central New Mexico and pushing it towards Colorado. Because of the current track there is some good and bad news. The good news is does look like most of the severe weather will stay off towards the Big Bend and Panhandle. The bad news is the bulk of the rain will also stay off towards our west and north. Along with that, in our own area, the best chance for activity will be our northern and western counties. During the weekend we will keep in a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with possibility of seeing an isolated strong to severe storm. Temperatures will stay in the lower 70’s because of the mostly cloudy skies. Overnight lows will hit in the upper 50’s.

As this system finally makes its progress up towards the Rockies we will gradually clear things up. We should dry up by Tuesday with temperatures rising back into the upper 70’s.

Have a wonderful weekend!