Needed Rains Returning:

Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited...

* With daytime heating today, isolated showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon along the dryline across the western counties and drift off to the east and northeast into the evening hours. An isoalted severe storm is not out of the question, just like we say pop up in Mitchell County last night. Due to the isolated nature of the storms, we'll only add a 20% chance today and tomorrow with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions. Highs today into the lower 80s and upper 80s for Saturday. Lows at night quite muggy into the middle 60s.

* Increasied rain chances as we head into the late weekend and into the early part of next week. In fact, I have a rain chance in place for every day of next week. We can definately use the rain around here as the lakes and rivers are still very low. The latest update of the U.S. Drought Monitor shows this area is still under stage 3 drought conditions or "severe" stage criteria. Abilene Regional Airport climate data this morning indicates the rain deficit for the year at 1.84" of course it's higher in some areas.

* Severe Weather Threat: The SPC has a slight risk out for the northern areas of the Big Country for Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning with all of our viewing area outlined in a slight risk area for Sunday. Stay tuned for updates over the weekend with Meteorologist Nance Burgin for the lastest information.

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Enjoy your weekend...