Dallas residents, grab your umbrellas and hold on to your hats – a stormy weekend is rolling in, sending temperatures on a mild roller coaster, with chances of rain and thunderstorms punctuating the coming days. According to the National Weather Service, there's a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 pm today, adding a dreary touch to the cloudy skies as temperatures hover around 67 degrees, while south winds will push at 10 to 20 mph, kicking up gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight, the city is bracing for an absolute drenching, with showers and potential thunderstorms evolving into a certainty after 9 pm, the winds steadfastly blowing from the southeast – gusts maintaining that stubborn peak at 25 mph, and it doesn't end there, the chance of precipitation is a whopping 100% and Dallas can expect new rainfall hitting somewhere between three quarters and a full inch.
But don't hang those jackets up yet; Saturday will see a cloudy start with a lingering chance of showers and thunderstorms before midday, gradually giving way to clearer skies and a high of 69 degrees. The winds shift, calming to a gentle eastern breeze post-morning. As for precipitation, the odds drop to a more tolerable 40 percent.
Looking ahead, the forecast for Sunday night is partly cloudy with lows hovering around 47 degrees, a consistent north-northwest wind chilling to the bone at around 15 mph, with gusts acting up and reaching as high as 25 mph, but come Monday, the city can expect partly sunny skies with a high near 61 degrees, and, despite the North wind's insistence at around 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph it promises a calmer start to the week.
By Tuesday, solar relief should arrive with a sunny outlook and a high approaching 64 degrees, as winds shift south in the afternoon. That evening, though clouds make a modest return, holding the low at a snug 45 degrees. Midweek forecasts suggest partly sunny conditions with Wednesday's high near 66 degrees, followed by a mostly cloudy night at 54 degrees, setting the stage for a mostly cloudy Thursday with thermometers scraping 69 degrees.
