Temperatures will creep up another degree or two thsi afternoon with highs in the lower to middle 90s. While not as pleasant as last week temperatures will still be a couple degrees below where they should be for late August. Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley will be back to their usual weather with highs right around 100 degrees. Where we see rain showers this afternoon temperatures should fall back into the 80s – albit with humidity values that make you wish it was a dry heat. 

Showers are moving northeast this morning from Fort Stockton to Starling City to Abilene to Vernon and Wichita Falls. This activity is quite light and just enough to dampen the ground. A much drier day is on tap for the heartland as rain chances shift west today. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast today across the Borderland in Far West Texas, the Permian Basin, West Texas, into western sections of the Big Country and Northwest Texas. Isolated storms will be possible in the Texas Panhandle and in more typical fashion, down in Southeast Texas. Unlike last week the rains in Southeast Texas today will be the typical summer popcorn storms. They’ll rain a bunch over a small area before dissipating within 30-45 minutes. Their outflow will spark off new storms and that process will continue until the early evening hours. The rains out in West Texas will be due to the monsoonal flow. Some activity could produce locally heavy rain and gusty winds. Widespread severe weather and flash flooding is not expected to be an issue today. Rain chances will continue into the overnight hours from the Texas Panhandle south through West Texas, the Permain Basin, and into the Borderland.

Much of the same weather will continue this week, although rain chances may shift back southeast into more of Texas by Friday. I’ll leave you with local weather graphics produced by National Weather Service offices across Texas. Make it a great Tuesday and stay cool!