Back To The Heat Before The Fall

You likely noticed that today felt VERY different from the days of late:

Our Weather Watchers all reported 80's for highs and no rain:

This is the first time we've had highs in the 80's since August 1st. By afternoon the sun had come out and a pleasant evening was in progress for north Texas:

The winds turn south tomorrow and we'll return to the 90's:

We are going to get right back to the "Summer in September" on Tuesday and Wednesday. A surface low will quickly develop on the Front Range and race over to the Great Lakes. This will produce some significant severe weather on Tuesday across Iowa and northern Missouri into Wisconsin. The strong south winds will push our temperatures into the mid-90's:

With the surface low over the Great Lakes late Wednesday it'll team up with a large dome of high pressure coming out of Canada to create some dramatic temperature drops over the Plains:

This is going to produce our first real shot of Fall weather here in north Texas. We'll go from summer weather (Wednesday: upper 90's) to mid-October (Friday: upper 70's):

The transition will likely get a little stormy. The front is due to arrive late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. This will diminish the storm risk some but with such a fast-moving front and big temperature difference we'll expect some big storms. On Thursday it'll mostly be just a cold rain with strong north winds:

If you look at the warmest day forecasted for the week (and most likely the rest of the year) you can see the dramatically cooler weather north in Nebraska:

By next weekend it'll dry out and moderate to the 80's. Should be a great weekend: