Forecast Discussion for Tuesday, July 19
STREAK IS ALIVE
Let me knock you over with a feather: we made it to 100° today at DFW Airport. This makes 18 days in a row…and 25th total for the year. Our streak of 18 consecutive days put us tied for 7th longest on record.
Rank # of Days Dates
1 42 Jun 23 - Aug 3, 1980
2 29 Jul 6 - Aug 3, 1998
3 25 Aug 2-26, 1952
4 24 Jul 28 - Aug 20, 1999
5 20 Jul 9-28, 1954
6 19 Aug 8-26, 2006
7(tie) 18 Jul 31 - Aug 17, 2010
18 Jul 2-19, 1978
18 Jul 2-19, 2011*
WATER LEVELS
As you might imagine, or know already, reservoir levels are dropping close to crucial levels. The three main water districts in our area are Tarrant Regional Water District, Dallas Water Utilities, and North Texas Municipal Water District. Here are the current capacities in each district. TRWD has already said mandatory water use restrictions would go into place when their levels dropped to 75%.
BELOW 100° SOON?
Not a good chance for that, but we are watching a discreet disturbance that is currently over the Florida Panhandle. It will begin to move west over the gulf and into Texas by Thursday. Computer models are drifting that disturbance closer to North Texas by the end of the week. Looks like we'll have more cloud cover by Friday & a couple of isolated storms to keep temperatures at 99° instead of 100°. We're splitting hairs at this point, and of course it will still be quite hot…and that looks to last into next week.
FORECAST:
Tonight…Fair and warm. Low near 81.
Tomorrow…Sunny to partly cloudy & hot. High near 100.
Thursday…More of the same..maybe a 10% chance of a pop up shower. High 100.
Friday…A few more clouds, 10% chance of rain. High 99.
Weekend into next week…Mostly sunny. Lows 80-82. Highs 100-102.
