As heavy rains are anticipated to move through the DFW metroplex this afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the majority of the metroplex through Wednesday morning. Also, due to poor visibility and driving conditions from areas from Dallas county and to the west, a Dense Fog Advisory remains in effect until 2 P.M. this afternoon and evening.
As to the thunderstorms that move through the area tonight, we are concerned a little bit for the possibility of seeing some strong to severe thunderstorms, however those will mainly be off to the north and west of the metroplex, mainly from Denton and to the west. Now, specific threats for the thunderstorms include flash flooding in specific thunderstorms that train over an area for a prolonged period of time, hail and gusty winds are the main concerns but tornadoes cannot be ruled out as per any severe weather event. Now speaking towards the storms expected to move through on Wednesday, the National Weather Service has issued a Slight Risk for severe weather as this event will be a little stronger than the ones we are expecting tonight as the low pressure moves closer to the metroplex along with a cold front. For this particular event, damaging wind gusts are the main concerns. We'll continue to watch all of these events and continue to post updates regarding these storms as warranted. Stay tuned for any changes!
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Hello everyone, hope y'all are having a great Sunday! The National Weather Service put out a new outlook for the area on Tuesday night and into early Wednesday morning. The forecast is calling for an increasing risk in strong to potentially severe thunderstorms during the middle part of this upcoming work week. Areas that could potentially see the strong thunderstorms are mainly from areas to the west of the Denton to Fort Worth to Granbury line.
Areas to the east of that line will mainly just see the chance for heightened thunderstorms with threats in excess of but not limited too small hail the size of peas in some of the strongest west of the area on Tuesday with gusty winds likely in some of the storms that form. At this time, I can say that the tornado threat remains near zero for most of the metroplex. However, on the higher side is the chance for flash flooding as storms that dump a lot of rain in any location could pose a risk. I will provide an update as we get closer on exact timing of the storms come Monday night or early Tuesday morning. Stay tuned as I will continue to monitor the situation and threats posed to the immediate DFW metro area and our surrounding counties. Alright, good afternoon everyone we are going to talk about rain chances for next week as our next storm system will likely be moving through the area. A this particular time, we are mainly looking for all rainfall chances for Monday through Wednesday of next week. Below, I've included two computer models that seem to be suggesting anywhere from 1-2 inches of rain from the GFS (American computer model). The European computer model is seeing slightly higher totals with that consensus ranging from 3-4 inches and higher amounts off to the north and east of the immediate metroplex. As I mentioned above, I look for this particular event to be mainly an all rain event and no severe weather is expected. At this time, I cannot determine exact timing and exact amounts so as we get closer towards the weekend. Stay tuned and I'll post an update on Saturday or Sunday.
Good early afternoon everyone! We're continuing to keep an eye on our next weather maker as it moves towards the Dallas Ft. Worth metroplex this Wednesday through Friday. Amounts that we can expect will come in the form of rainfall instead of snowfall as is what has been the trend this entire season. The further to the south you travel, the higher the rainfall amounts will go. Here in the immediate metroplex we can expect anywhere between a half an inch to an inch. Areas to the south from a Granbury to Kaufman line will more than likely see between an inch and a inch and a half. From a line of Athens to Comanche, and Hillsboro, y'all can expect to see anywhere from between an inch and two inches. Stay tuned and we will continue to keep an eye on the rainfall forecast. At this time, we can almost rule out the prospect of severe thunderstorms with this particular episode. Any changes to this forecast will be updated on the website.
This morning, the National Weather Service has issued a Slight Risk for the immediate Dallas Ft. Worth metroplex. The general timing that we can expect the storms here in the metroplex appear to be between 8 o'clock this evening to 2 o'clock in the morning on Monday. The general hazards for these thunderstorms include, but are not limited to - damaging winds in excess of 50 miles per hour, hail to the size of potentially up to or less than 1 inch in diameter. Although this is not considered to be a tornado outbreak by any means, the atmosphere is still capable of seeing brief, spin-up isolated tornadoes in thunderstorms that do in fact have enough lift and rotation to put down a tornado.
We will continue to watch this scenario through the day and post any related updates to this setup. Stay tuned for the latest changes, watches and warnings. |
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