Calm Weather - and Cooler

From KRBC Chief Meteorologist Randy Turner ..

I want to start with a brief explanation as to where our rain went over the weekend. The battle was between an upper level low pressure trough to our northwest and Hurricane Ike which hit Galveston. The trough to the northwest pulled moisture from Pacific storm Lowell through Lubbock and into the Central Plains of the U.S., bypassing us. Ike began feeling the effects of the upper trough and was nudged northeast of our area, placing the KRBC viewing area in the dry "subsidence" or sinking air found on the west side of hurricanes, which leads to a drop in rain chances. Once the Pacific moisture was sheared to the north of our area, we fell in between the two systems and didn't receive anything more than a few very widely scattered showers from the cold front which came through Sunday.

Looking ahead, a feel of Fall will be in the air each of the next several mornings as temperatures fall to the 50's and afternoon highs around 80 Tuesday and closer to the middle 80's by the end of the week. While a low pressure system develops in the Texas Panhandle later this week, it will probably only increase our cloud cover and not bring rain since our moisture supply from the Gulf will be cut off.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, low of 52. North wind 5 to 10.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, high of 80. North wind 5 to 10.
Tuesday Night: Clear and 55.
Wednesday through Saturday: Mainly sunny, a few clouds from time to time, low to middle 80's.
Sunday and Monday: Mostly sunny, middle 80's.