Storm Chances Start To Show Up
We had some light rain this late afternoon reach into Young and Jack counties. We also had this dry weather and wind whip up a grass fire in Collin County this afternoon. It was another hot and windy May day with afternoon highs in the low 90's and winds gusting around 30mph. This is a seven days-in-a-row of 90's for highs. That streak will continue all the way to Wednesday.
FORECAST:
TONIGHT: Partly Cloudy and Mild, Low: 74°, Winds: S 5-10
MEMORIAL DAY: Mostly Sunny and Hot, 20% Storm Chance Northwest Late, High: 95°, Winds S 10-15
TUESDAY: Mostly Sunny and Hot, 20% Storm Chance Western Half Including DFW Area, High: 96°, Winds S - 10
SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES START TO SHOW UP
Tomorrow there is a chance of severe weather forming along a slow-moving cold front west of our area. These storms should hold together long enough to threaten our areas from Gainesville down to Weatherford and west. Large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threat.
STORM RISK INCREASES
The weather pattern holds for Tuesday with the favored area of storms being west and north of the metroplex. There'll be some overnight storms near the Red River going into Tuesday morning. An isolated storm might reach into the DFW area during the morning commute but the odds are small.
Those storm chances increase to around 20% by afternoon, some of these storms could produce large hail and damaging winds. Highs again on Tuesday will peak in the mid-90's with dewpoints in 60's.
BEST CHANCES FOR MUCH NEEDED RAIN: WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
Low pressure to our west will help improve rain/storm chances for our area on Wednesday and Thursday. We'll have a cold front arrive on Thursday, this is when our storm chances will peak. We could certainly use the rain; we haven't had a drop fall at DFW Airport for over two weeks now. We are currently running over 3" of rain behind for the Month of May.
COOLER WEATHER IN TIME FOR JUNE
We finally get a short break from the late-June-like temperatures here in late May. This happens just as we get into June! We'll have highs on Thursday in the mid-80's but be only in the low-80's for Friday with sunny skies. Lows that morning will dip into the upper 50's in our northern counties and in the low 60's in the DFW area.
