A morning without thunderstorms in Texas has left us without a sense of purpose or meaning. What shall we possibly do now that we had a night of peace and quiet in the weather department? While we ponder that, we still have the weather to talk about!
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon as temperatures soar into the triple digits in the Big Bend, Davis Mountains, and farther north into the Texas Panhandle and West Texas. These storms will be diurnally driven and behave much more like our typical ‘popcorn’ summertime storms. We refer to them as ‘popcorn storms’ because they go up fast and shoot out a bunch of lightning, some hail, and heavy rain before collapsing with strong wind gusts – all within an hour’s timeframe. The severe weather threat is limited, but strong wind gusts and pocket-change-size hail are probable with stronger popups.
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We should see activity diminish as we approach and move past sunset. Thunderstorms may be more numerous Friday afternoon into Friday night in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas. A little more oomph will be available so that some storms may persist into the evening. Overall, most storms will move to the southeast. More robust storms may produce damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, and pocket-change-size hail. Hopefully, there will be more in the rain department since these regions need it. Otherwise, a low chance of a storm may exist in Northwest Texas, Texoma, and Northeast Texas on Friday. Rain chances will remain little to none for the eastern two-thirds of Texas through Friday night.
With no rain or clouds, the next several days will fit in with summer across Texas. Afternoon temperatures will soar into the 90s and 100s. High soil moisture and humidity across the eastern two-thirds of Texas will result in heat index temperatures running 5 to 15 degrees above the actual air temperature. Overnight temperatures may also remain warmer, with low-level stratus and fog around sunrise.
Weekend and Next Week’s Weather
A weak ‘not as hot front’ will slowly move south into the northern half of Texas as we continue into the weekend and early next week. This boundary, along with weak northwesterly winds aloft, may sometimes promote chances to the northern half of Texas. Washout worthy, it is not, but we will keep an eye on things. I think we are all just happy to have a few days of not having to talk about another Texas town getting all their trees and powerlines (or worse) knocked down by strong winds or tornadoes.
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