Thursday Morning Update

Good Morning Everyone from Morning Meteorologist Kristen Connolly…

The beginning of the day yesterday was pleasant with lots of sunshine. Storms began to pop up by the middle of the afternoon and continued through the overnight with only a few becoming severe. We picked up just less than an inch here at the Abilene Regional Airport however some areas picked up from 2-3 inches.

This morning a cold front is making it pass through the area. We are seeing a wind shift with not to much a drop in temperatures as they will again start out in the upper 60’s to low 70’s. This front will stick around for the next day and wash out tomorrow. Along with the front the upper level low that we have continued to talk about since the beginning of the week is just to our North and will continue its progression southward into Texas panhandle. With disturbances being thrown from the low and the front over the Big Country we will keep rain chances in for the afternoon with the morning seeing partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be in the upper 80’s with a few of us seeing the lower 90’s.

Through the overnight and the weekend rain chances will begin to increase. The models have been a little inconsistent over the past few days with the exact track of the low. Depending on the exact track will depend how much rain we will see. If it ends up to the west of the region we will see more rain, there for a wetter weekend, to the east a drier weekend. I have increased the rain chances as I think we will be leaning towards a more wetter and cloudy weekend. Along with that temperatures will be just below average with highs in the upper 80’s and lows in the upper 60’s.

Have a good day!