Latest on Tropical Storm Don and a Possible End to Our 100 Degree Streak.
TROPICAL STORM DON…
Don continues as a Tropical Storm with winds at 45 mph. It is projected to make landfall tomorrow evening or night along the Texas coast. This would likely be near Corpus Christi as a Tropical Storm with winds near 60 mph. Some of the models today are trending even farther south pugging it closer to Brownwood. This is a small storms so the immediate impacts zone will be rather small along the southern Texas coast.
DON'S IMPACT ON NORTH TEXAS…
The impacts from Don here locally will be very minimal. But what we will see is an increase in moisture in the atmosphere tomorrow and on Saturday. This will lead to a little more cloud cover (partly sunny) tomorrow and Saturday. There will also be a little higher rain coverage Friday and Saturday, but we are only talking about 20% coverage. But this moisture and cloud cover may end our triple digit streak. Either tomorrow or Saturday depending on how extensive the cloud cover is and whether or not any rain is near DFW will determine if our streak ends. After much debate, I have decided on 100 for a high tomorrow and 99 on Saturday.
STREAK RIGHT NOW AT 27…
Today marked 27 days in a row with triple digit heat at DFW. The high so far has been 101 degrees.
HOTTER TEMPS NEXT WEEK…
If the streak is broken either tomorrow or Saturday we won't be celebrating long because by the middle of next week we could see the hottest temperatures we have seen this summer. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday could feature highs in the 104 to 109 range if the upper level high is located where the forecast models show it. Stay tuned…
