A deep longwave trough continues to carve out over the western half of the country while a persistent upper level ridge remains anchored over the Gulf Coast states. With the pressure gradient tightening between these two systems, winds have really increased across the southern plains. Winds today were sustained at 15-25mph with gusts as high as 30mph in Texoma. Winds will be just as strong tomorrow.
With more moisture returning tomorrow, there will be more cloud cover but I still expect another day of temperatures way above average. I'm expecting highs to top out between 90 and 94 tomorrow after starting out in the upper 60s Friday morning.
Rain & storms will be possible out in the Texas panhandle as early as mid-afternoon tomorrow, some of which may approach severe limits. I am not anticipating any issues with sever weather in Texoma with this next system. Models have backed off some on how much rain this front will create, but most areas have a decent shot of seeing at least 1/2" of rain. Saturday morning looks to feature the heaviest of rain, but rain will be possible at anytime on Saturday. Showers may linger into Sunday morning as well. For now, I do not see any problems for high school football games Friday night in terms of rain but keep in mind it will be quite windy!
The cool down behind this front will be very short lived. Another stretch of 90s is possible as we head into next week. Our average last 90º day is October 10th but it has been as late as October 31st (happening several times) that our last 90º day occurred.
Another potent system is forecast to move in about a week from now and could bring us our first taste of true fall-like air. Hopefully we'll be able to throw some 40s for lows and 70s for highs in the 7-day forecast then.
FRIDAY: Morning- 68; Afternoon- 92 w/ increasing clouds; Winds S 15-25mph, G 30mph.
SATURDAY: Morning- 72; Afternoon- 84; Rain chance 60%.
SUNDAY: Morning- 64; Afternoon- 85 Rain chance 30% w/ afternoon clearing possible.Jake Reed
Skywarn 6 Meteorologist
jreed@kauz.com
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