High Settles Over West Texas:

* Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited...

* An area of showers and storms stretches from Wichita Falls to the DFW Metroplex this morning and is slowly drifting southwest toward the northeastern areas of the Big Country. This activity will slowly weaken and we shouldn't see any activity in the area this morning. The high pressure area is settling right over the area and also the atmosphere will be capped so don't expect any rain.

* The ridge is settling over West Texas with above average temperatures expected for Abilene and the Big Country. Daytime highs will range between about 99 and 102° today with highs in the middle 70s overnight. Highs will still be near 100° tomorrow. Expect a mostly sunny sky each afternoon and mostly clear conditions overnight.

* The ridge drifts eastward this weekend. The ridge will be set up over the Mississippi River Valley so we should see our daytime highs drop back some into the middle 90s. Model runs this morning are trying to hint at some spotty showers this weekend and early next week since high but confidence is low so I'm not going to include in my forecast package other than a brief mention once again.

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Have a great Thursday...