Feeling More Like Early June Than Early May

SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS REST OF TODAY & TONIGHT

With a very warm and humid airmass in place, a few, very isolated showers have popped up this afternoon in North Texas.  There is no identifiable upper level disturbance moving overhead, so these showers are driven solely by afternoon heating and a weak boundary or two in place thanks to overnight storms that fell apart as they moved into North Texas from Oklahoma.   Another disturbance is forecast to activate the infamous dryline way out in far west Texas and the western Panhandle this afternoon and evening.  These storms will try to hold together as they approach our area, late tonight and early Tuesday morning.  The best chance to see rain will be our northwestern and northern areas after midnight.  The storms should be weakening as they move our way, so severe weather chances look non-existent or very low.

TEMPERATURES STILL RUNNING ALMOST TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL

After the chance of rain late tonight, our opportunity for cooling rain looks to go away altogether for Tuesday through Thursday.  Our relentless south wind will continue, keeping things muggy and very warm.  High temperatures will climb well into the 80s each day and morning lows will stay in the balmy 70s.

Look for a small chance of rain Friday into Saturday as another fairly weak disturbance approaches from the west.  All in all, the rain chances will by tiny, especially for May..which is usually a wet month for North Texas.  The weather pattern is actually looking more like early June, with the heart of the storm track staying well to our north.

ANOTHER RECORD-SETTING MONTH

We are ending another month today and also writing 2012 in the record books again.  It has been a warm, wet 2012 overall so far.  This April will be at least the 9th warmest on record...the latest in an increasingly long list of record-setting months so far this year.