Cold, Windy and Wet for our Thursday!
GAME 6 POSTPONED…
Although little rain has fallen in St. Louis today, the threat of rain this evening prompted MLB to cancel the game. It was a tough call on the part of MLB, but I think they didn't want to take any chances with a rain delay. This decision may have been made easier with a dry forecast for tomorrow evening. Rain is likely to develop around St. Louis this evening, but a lot of the heavier rain will likely stay south of the city. So it may turn out to be a mostly dry evening in St. Louis with most of the rain staying south of the city. GAME TIME FORECAST FOR THURSDAY… Clear and chilly with temperatures around 50 degrees for first pitch Thursday evening in St. Louis.
(FORECAST FOR THURSDAY EVENING IN ST. LOUIS)
As for us:
COLD FRONT MOVING IN THIS AFTERNOON… BIG RAIN CHANCES TOMORROW…
As of 3pm the cold front is moving into Denton and Wise County with temperatures dropping off 10 degrees behind the front. Not a big difference in temperatures but the cooler air will be arriving tonight. There has been a little rain in far northwestern sections of North Texas (RADAR HERE) but most there has been no rain along the front itself. I don't anticipate any rain here in the metroplex outside of a few sprinkles this evening. Temperatures tonight behind the front will drop into the 50s tonight.
WIDESPREAD RAIN TOMORROW…
An upper level low still out over the desert Southwest will sweep over North Texas tomorrow. The timing of this disturbance has it arriving behind the cold front. That will create a cool, rainy day for us here in North Texas. If the disturbance would have been faster and got here along with the cold front we could have been talking about severe weather this evening. But with the timing as it is, we are looking at periods of rain tomorrow with maybe a few thunderstorms but no severe weather expected. Rain will start to develop as the upper level disturbance draws near tomorrow morning. Morning rain may be confined to the northwestern areas of North Texas. Some of the models are indicating that the rain may not start in the DFW Metroplex until the afternoon on Thursday and then continue into the evening. Rainfall totals probably won't be that impressive. Most areas will end up with less than .50" of rain as this will be a mostly light rain event. There will be some higher rainfall totals in northwestern sections of North Texas.
(Rainfall Totals For North Texas Thru Thursday Night)
COOL, WET AND BREEZY…
Tomorrow will be one of the "crummiest" days we have seen in a while. Temperatures will hold in the mid 50s all day and may even fall into the 40s where there are heavier showers. Winds will be gusting out of the north up to 30 mph. And very little sunshine tomorrow. So rain gear for the kids tomorrow along with the heavier clothes.
COOL NIGHTS, PLEASANT DAYS LATER THIS WEEK…
Rain will end Thursday night into Friday morning across the area. Then sunshine will return Friday into the weekend. Temperatures will drop into the 40s each morning with highs in the 60s on Friday and Saturday. Sunday will see temperatures warm into the mid 70s in the afternoon.
SLIGHT MODEL DIVERGENCE…
The European model has been showing a disturbance moving over North Texas on Sunday into Monday. This would bring a small rain chance Sunday and then slightly cooler weather on Monday. The GFS model does not show this happening and keeps temps mild for most of next week. The European model has been backing off on the intensity of this disturbance over the past model runs, so I will agree with the GFS model indicating no rain and mild temps thru the early part of next week.
