Dallas residents may want to keep their umbrellas handy as the weather forecast predicts a string of wet days, according to the National Weather Service. The forecast signals a mostly cloudy night today with lows resting comfortably around 65 degrees and gentle winds from the northeast.
Starting Saturday, the chance showers roll in, with odds of rain hitting 50 percent after the noon hour, under a canopy of clouds with highs teetering near 78. The wind, traveling east at 5 to 10 mph, precedes a slightly lesser but still notable 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms for Saturday night, while temperatures dip slightly to around 64 degrees.
Glimmers of hope for clear skies wane by Sunday as the forecast calls for a near certainty of showers and thunderstorms, pegged at a 90 percent chance. The high is slated to hover around 71 degrees with breezes from the east-southeast reaching up to 20 mph in gusts. Continuing into Sunday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely before the clock strikes 1 a.m., clouds clinging tight as lows settle around 67.
Monday brings a 30 percent chance of continued thunderstorms but with a silver lining – a partly sunny sky and a pleasant high near 83. The directional wind shift from the south in the morning to the west in the afternoon may bring gusts as strong as 20 mph. As the sun dips below the horizon, Monday's night sky is expected to clear up despite a lingering 20 percent chance of precipitations before 1 a.m. and lows at around 64 degrees.
The week trots on with a sunny outlook for Tuesday with high temperatures cresting at 85, but not without the northwest wind's gusts which could reach up to 20 mph. Wednesday upholds the warm trend with a high of 86, yet as night falls, chances of thunderstorms resurge to 50 percent, potentially bringing heavy rainfall. These thunderstorm chances thread lightly into Thursday, simmering down to a 30 percent likelihood during the day and scaling back further to 20 percent at night. By the time Friday graces Dallas, skies are promised to clear, offering a mostly sunny day with high temperatures near 83 degrees.
