Saturday Evening Update

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

It has been a very wet couple of days for many of us here in the Big Country with some locations in Taylor and Nolan county reporting as much as 10 to 11 inches. Overall, rainfall reports from the central and western portions of the viewing area fell in the 4 to 6 inch range. We had several counties under Flash Flood and Flood Warnings yesterday and today. Our eastern communties did not see as much of the precipitation.

The remants of Erin should move out of the area tomorrow, but some isolated showers and thunderstorms can't be ruled out. The chance for rain is 30% with the best shot being in the northern communties. Highs look to be in the upper 80s to low 90s.

Monday and Tuesday should be dry with highs in the low 90s under partly cloudy skies.

Our weather for the second half of next week will depend heavily on what track Hurricane Dean takes. Right now, it is a strong Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph. The latest projected path from the Tropical Prediction Center has it moving over Jamaica tomorrow. From there it moves over the Yucatan Pennisula late Monday into Tuesday. By late Wednesday into Thursday, it could make landfall in south Texas or in Mexico. We'll have to wait and see where this storm goes over the next couple of days before we can get a better handle on where it is going to make landfall exactly after getting back into the Gulf of Mexico. If Dean goes into south Texas, we could see some showers and thunderstorms in our area. Right now, the chance for rain is only 20% Wednesday through Friday. That could increase though as we get closer to that time period. Highs look to be in the upper 80s to low 90s under mostly cloudy skies.

Have a spectacular Sunday!