The Chance For Rain Continues

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

Many of us experienced showers and thunderstorms last night. Comanche, Eastland and Stephens counties had another round of rain during the late morning and early afternoon hours. A few of the storms last night and today were severe and capable of producing penny to golf ball size hail and winds in excess of 60 mph. Abilene Regional Airport reported 1.03" of rain with last night's activity. That now puts us close to 14 inches for the year and over 6 inches above where we should be at this point. We are doing really well on our rain and may see even more over the next seven days.

The upper level low that brought us our rain last night is moving into the eastern portions of the state this evening. The dryline remains to our west. With the amount of moisture that we have in place, we could see some isolated showers and thunderstorms tonight. The chance is only 20% and once the sun sets we can pretty much take the dryline out of the equation if nothing has fired along it by then.

A cold front is expected to arrive late tomorrow afternoon and evening. It could end up stalling south of the area on Thursday. The chance for showers and thunderstorms is 30%. Some of the storms we see could reach severe limits. The Storm Prediction Center has the northern portions of the viewing area under a slight risk for severe weather. The main threats look to be large hail and damaging winds. As always, we will keep a close eye on any storms that develop and let you know if any watches or warnings are issued. Highs tomorrow should be in the mid 80s to around 90. Thursday will be cooler with highs in the low to mid 80s under mostly cloudy skies.

Friday looks to be dry with highs in the mid to upper 80s under partly cloudy skies.

A series of upper level disturbances may move through the region this weekend and early next week. With plenty of moisture expected to be in place, showers and thunderstorms will once again be possible. Right now, there is a slight chance for rain on Saturday and a 20% chance for precipitation on Sunday and Monday. Highs should be in the upper 80s with some locations reaching the low 90s.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!