Dallas residents can expect mostly sunny skies today with temperatures soaring to a high near 83 degrees, according to forecasts. A breeze from the northeast, ranging from 10 to 15 mph and potentially gusting up to 20 mph, is set to keep things relatively cool. Tonight, the clarity gives way to increasing clouds, with the nighttime low dipping to around 62 degrees as the north-northeast wind calms to a gentle 5 to 10 mph movement.
As reported by the National Weather Service, the weekend will bring a mixed bag of conditions starting Saturday. Dallas will witness increasing clouds with a high near 79 degrees. The gentle east-northeast wind transitioning southeast in the afternoon seems to carry the promise of rain, with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms rolling in mainly after 1 am.
Heavy bouts of rain are in the offing for Sunday. The likelihood of showers and thunderstorms jumps to 60 percent, primarily post 1 pm, dampening the otherwise cloudy day with a high near 74. The southeast wind will tick upward, swinging between 5 to 10 mph.
Heading into the new week, Dallas is not yet free from the rain's grasp with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms continuing into Monday. The day, however, is set to be partly sunny, offering a respite with a high near 82 degrees, and winds shifting from south to west in the afternoon which could reach up to the high twenties in terms of miles per hour. The night sky will gradually clear as the 20 percent chance of rain wanes before 1 am, and the temperature settles to a low of around 64.
On Tuesday, Dallas is bracing for a shot of summer with an expected high of 87 degrees under sunny skies. Evening conditions will remain partly cloudy with a low around 66. The pattern of sunny afternoons and partly cloudy evenings is forecasted to persist into midweek, sprinkled with a 20 to 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms from Wednesday through Thursday, prompted by partly sunny days and lows in the upper sixties at night.
