* Area radar this morning is showing some scattered showers and isolated storms to our west over the Permian Basin and the South Plains this morning. A instablility axis is sitting in this area and is forecast to slip eastward today and will probably help develop storms across the Big Country later today. The NAM model is going for rain today, while the GFS and our in house Adonis Futurecast models are keeping things dry. With good moisture in place I feel storms will develop again this afternoon so I am inserting a 30% chance in my forecast package for today. Some storms will linger into the evening then there were also be some patchy fog to develop early Tuesday morning.
* A cold front is forecasted to drop in from the north on late Tuesday into early Wednesday and will be a lifting factor to develop more showers and storms for the Big Country. I have the rain chance for late Tuesday and early Wednesday at 40% with an isolated storm possible Wendesday afternoon.
* The rest of the week looks dry from midweek and into next weekend. Average high temperatures with highs in the middle and upper 80s and lows in the middle 60s.
* Drought Update: These rains we are seeing are slowly helping improve the drought a little. The latest update of the US Drought monitor has severe conditions across the central core of the Big Country, extreme conditions across the far Northern and Northeastern Big Country while the rest of the area Eastern/Western Big Country, Heartland and Northern Concho Valley have dropped back to moderate conditions.
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