Monday, March 28th, Forecast Discussion
CLOUDY AND COOL WITH SOME RAIN CHANCES… Are cool weather will continue for the next couple of days. The break in the clouds that has occurred this evening will be temporary as clouds increase overnight. There will likely be some light rain and drizzle tonight into tomorrow morning. Temperatures will stay in the 50s tonight.
Tomorrow will be cloudy and cool with temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. An area of low pressure will track from the Panhandle to Central Texas than toward Louisiana during the day on Tuesday. Since we will be north of this low, we will stay in the cooler air. There will be cloudy skies with occasional rain and maybe even a few thunderstorms. The greatest chance of rain will be south of I-20 near the track of that low. Areas like Corsicana, Athens, and Palestine will have the greatest chance of rain and possibly even a few strong storms that produce hail.
CHILLY TUESDAY NIGHT… Temperatures will drop into the mid 40s Tuesday night behind our fast moving storm system.
WEDNESDAY will be another cool day with mostly cloudy skies and temps in the 50s and low 60s once again.
Clouds will hang around on THURSDAY with a small chance of a shower or thunderstorm. But rain chances look low at 20% on Thursday.
RANGERS HOME OPENER… The first game of the Rangers Regular Season will be dry and a little warmer. Temperatures should be in the mid to low 70s for first pitch Friday afternoon. The last couple of computer model runs have been progressively lowering the expected high temperature for Friday. We may have to adjust down temperatures into the upper 60s for Friday afternoon if this trend continues. But it does look dry.
WEEKEND WARMUP… Temperatures will warm into the 80s on Saturday and Sunday and may approach 90 on Sunday. It will be dry and very windy over the weekend.
11th ANNIVERSARY OF FORT WORTH TORNADO… Today, March 28th, is the 11th Anniversary of the downtown Fort Worth tornado and the Arlington Tornado. Two people were killed and millions of dollars in damage was done. Here is an overview of the tornadoes that was posted last year on the National Weather Service Website. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/fwd/ftwtor2000writeup/march28.pdf
