Strong To Severe Thunderstorms Possible

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

It was a warm, windy, and dry day across the Big Country. We had partly to mostly cloudy skies. With some sunshine, we were able to have highs in the mid 70s to low 80s. Winds were sustained from the south and southeast at 20 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 35 to 40 mph.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible in our area tonight as activity that is forming along the dryline makes its way towards our area. A cold front is expected to overtake the dryline and push the storms east towards our direction. There is a Tornado Watch for Knox and Stonewall counties until midnight. Coke, Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan, and Scurry counties are under a Tornado Watch until 4 a.m. Thursday morning. The main threats for the thunderstorms in our area will be large hail and damaging winds, but isolated tornadoes can't be ruled out. Lows tonight should be in the upper 50s to low 60s.

The showers and thunderstorms are expected to end during the morning tomorrow. It looks like we may get a break from the rain for a little while before more showers and storms develop tomorrow evening and into Friday morning. The reason we will continue to see a chance for rain Thursday and Friday is due to an upper level low which remains to our west. It will slowly move eastward over the next couple of days. The cold front mentioned earlier is not expected to completely move through the Big Country until Friday. The low will not clear our region until late Friday or early Saturday morning. It is possible for us to see some severe thunderstorms Thursday and Friday. At this time, the Storm Prediction Center has the majority of our area under a slight risk on those days. Highs Thursday look to be in the low 70s. Friday we should be in the mid to upper 60s.

The weekend looks pleasant right now. We may see mostly cloudy skies early on Saturday before mostly sunny skies take over in the afternoon. Mostly sunny skies are expected on Sunday. Highs should be in the mid 70s to low 80s for the end of the week.

Another cold front looks to move into the area on Tuesday bringing us a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms.

Have a terrific Thursday!