Rain Ends, Looking Drier
TONIGHT: Rain leaves east, low of 40°. Winds gusty this evening diminish to NW 5-10 overnight. Fog in the western edge.
TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy early, becoming mostly sunny. High of 60°, winds SE – 5 by afternoon.
PRESIDENT'S DAY: Mostly cloudy by mid-day, 20% rain chance late day and evening. High of 63° and windy.
1.09" of rain at DFW since midnight and still raining. This is the biggest one-day rainfall at DFW this month and first one over 1". Rain will continue for a few more hours, it'll be enough to get us in front of the pace car for monthly rainfall. The typical Feb. rainfall is modest, the 30 year average is 2.66". So far this month we've now enjoyed 1.65" of rain. We are a little halfway through the month, the chances are decent that we'll equal or surpass the typical month's total. This would make it three months in a row of surplus rain.
This rain will end around 8p-9p around the metro area, it'll take most of the night leave our eastern counties. Clouds will hang around in the eastern half but from Fort Worth to the west skies will try to clear. Along our western edge, from Erath County up to Jack County some fog could form as temperatures get down to the mid-30's.
Sunday will be much better, as the morning clouds and fog clear we'll enjoy mostly sunny skies. The winds will die down as well, highs should get to around 60°, a typical temperature for this time of year. After such a dreary day today it will qualify as great weather to many.
There are some who are enjoying a long weekend thanks to the President's Day on Monday. Temperatures should get into the low 60's as clouds quickly build in. We'll include a small rain chance on Monday, mostly in the afternoon and evening and mostly to the east of the metro area.
Some warm weather for mid-week. Highs in the upper 60's on Tuesday and in the 70's both Wednesday and Thursday before a cold front arrives. It'll be windy on Wednesday and Thursday as the front comes towards us. Highs will be in the low 60's for Friday and Saturday. There is a small chance of rain (20%) for Saturday as it looks now.
It appears we are drifting back to some dry weather to end the month so perhaps the mark of "above normal monthly rainfall" might be elusive. Below you can see the latest long range precipitation forecast by the Climate Prediction Center. The areas in the yellow/tan show the odds of below normal rainfall. It looks dry in Texas and the southwest, wet along the east coast.