North Texas bounces back from severe storms to sunshine Tuesday, as temps top out in the 80s
Storms did hit the metroplex Monday night. A thunderstorm watch was issued and one storm arrived just after midnight, bringing strong winds, small hail and lightning along with a half-inch of rain.
Two tornadoes have also been confirmed during the storms on Monday.
- EF-Unknown in Cooke County
- EF-0 in Lamar County with 80 mph winds.
That makes 32 for the year so far in North Texas. The annual average is 29. We get 88% of our tornadoes (over the last 15 years) during March, April and May.
A cold front arrived during the morning hours. After days and days of dewpoints in the very sticky 70s, dry air settled in, and the sun broke out with clear blue skies.
Expect low humidity Wednesday as well before a south wind starts pumping up the humidity again. It'll be a muggy 90° by the end of the week.
There is a small chance some overnight storms from Oklahoma could hold together and cross the Red River on Thursday morning.
Strong storms are more likely on Sunday as a cold front sweeps in. There is a chance the front could clear the storms out by midday Monday, but the timing of fronts this far out is often an act of folly.
Right now, the best chance of storms, which could be severe, would be late Sunday into Sunday night. The front will cool us down nicely.
There is the Colonial Golf Tournament this weekend, so the forecast has the potential of high impact. We are watching Sunday for a possible First Alert Weather Day.
We'll continue to provide daily updates on this holiday weekend forecast. May is our stormiest and wettest month; it's not done yet. The outlook for the last week of spring shows good chances of above-normal rainfall.
