Halloween's clear skies to give way to stormy weekend and week ahead in North Texas
NORTH TEXAS – Happy Halloween!
It's a perfect night for all the young witches and small goblins to trick-or-treat! This is due to a frontal passage that swept across North Texas last night. The front dropped the heat and ended the dry streak for October. This past month was one of the driest Octobers that DFW has ever seen, with only 0.21 inches of rain accumulation.
November, however, will start on a much different note. Rainfall is back in the forecast, which is great news, but some of the storms have the potential to reach severe criteria. Hence, the First Alert Weather Team has issued First Alerts for the strong storm potential this weekend.
The next big cold front is on the way and will likely spark some isolated severe thunderstorms for the western and central counties on Saturday afternoon. By Saturday evening, a strong line of storms looks to continue overnight as the system gradually shifts to the east.
An upper-level low combined with a moist air mass at the surface and daytime heating will promote an additional severe weather risk for North Texas on Sunday and Monday. Therefore, another round of severe weather is likely. In fact, the Storm Prediction Center has already issued an outlook for both dates. When outlooks are issued this far in advance, it means confidence is high for at least scattered severe development across the area.
This is the time to go ahead and have a weather plan for the threat of large hail one inch in diameter or larger, damaging winds exceeding 60 mph, and even the threat of a tornado. Looking ahead to the next work week, the chance of rainfall continues daily, but temperatures will finally be near normal, with highs in the lower 70s.
Stay tuned to stay First Alert as this active weather story unfolds!