The Big D is set to experience a mixed bag of weather conditions in the coming days, with chances of showers and sunny spells lined up throughout the week. According to the National Weather Service in a statement obtained by forecast.weather.gov, today Dallas could see a 50 percent chance of rain with cloudy skies and a high near 51 degrees. An east wind around 10 mph could bring new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch.
Tonight, the chance of showers drops to 30 percent before 9 pm, followed by a gradual clearing up of the sky and a drop in temperature, around 41 degrees. The east wind is expected to shift south southeast after midnight. The weather takes a sunny turn on Friday, with highs soaring to around 69 and a gentle south wind blowing at 5 to 10 mph.
Heading into the weekend, Dallas residents can look forward to even warmer weather on Saturday, with clear sunny skies and a high near 82 degrees. However, by nightfall, the wind picks up with speeds reaching 15 to 20 mph and gusts that could hit as high as 30 mph under partly cloudy skies. Similar conditions prevail on Sunday, maintaining a mostly sunny day with a high again close to 82.
The new workweek welcomes a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms by Monday afternoon. According to the Hazardous Weather Outlook, "isolated thunderstorms may occur generally east of I-35 through today." The main threat being lightning. As the week progresses, the chance of thunderstorms lingers, particularly east of I-35 from Monday through Wednesday, while daytime highs remain comfortably in the high 70s to low 80s.
The outlook, which is for North and Central Texas, states that there is "a chance for thunderstorms Monday through Wednesday" and that the potential for severe weather during this period continues to be closely monitored. Spotter activation, as of now, is not expected. Temperatures at night throughout the week are anticipated to stay in the mid to lower 50s, providing some respite from the day's warmth.
