Widespread triple digits return Monday
The hot & dry weather of summer locks down over North Texas this week and upcoming weekend. Expect highs in the triple-digits and feel-like temperatures close to Heat Advisory levels.
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Jeff joined CBS 11 and TXA 21 in December 2010. He is the senior Meteorologist on staff and can be seen covering various shifts across the week or on the weekend evenings. He also serves as one of the primary reporters for the CBS series "Climate Connection". Jeff visits area schools weekly as part of the Weather on Wheels program.
Born in Lubbock, Jeff spent most of his childhood in Tennessee. He holds a degree in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin as well as a bachelor's degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State. His master's degree in science education comes from the University of Missouri.
Jeff's broadcast career spans over 35 years. Jeff and his wife Fawn (a chiropractor in Colleyville) have two sons. The oldest is serving in Alaska on the USCGC Alex Haley in the Bering Sea. The youngest is finishing up high school and plans for a career in the Coast Guard as a marine biologist.
If you would like Jeff to come talk to your group about how changing weather patterns are changing the way we garden in this area, please email him at jaray@viacomcbs.com.
The hot & dry weather of summer locks down over North Texas this week and upcoming weekend. Expect highs in the triple-digits and feel-like temperatures close to Heat Advisory levels.
Low 70s are expected for Sunday morning. It could at least tie for the coldest morning we'll get this July.
There is a Heat Advisory for our southern tier of counties Saturday until 8 p.m. Elsewhere, no advisories are posted for Saturday.
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For the first time this work week, there is no Excessive Heat Warning for the next day. Because of some additional cloud cover and a slight reduction in dewpoints, there is a Heat Advisory in place Friday.
A Heat Advisory is issued for Monday with feels-like temperatures close to 110° by the afternoon in some spots.
There's another hot day ahead Saturday, with a heat advisory in effect until 9:00 p.m.
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A heat advisory is now in effect from Sunday at 1:00 p.m. to Monday at 9:00 p.m. for the southern portion of North Texas.
A heat advisory is now in effect from Sunday at 1:00 p.m. to Monday at 9:00 p.m. for the southern portion of North Texas.
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