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Published on June 17, 2024
Dallas Area Braces for Mixed Bag of Weather: Thunderstorms, Heavy Rain, and Heat Wave in Week AheadSource: US National Weather Service - Fort Worth Texas

The National Weather Service Fort Worth TX division has issued a weather forecast for Dallas, advising of varied weather conditions through the coming week, starting June 17. Today, there's a slim 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon with an influx of mostly sunny skies that graces the city, where temperatures are hovering near a scorching 93 degrees, and heat index values are piercing as high as 102. Potential gusts might riffle up to 25 mph in this southern breeze, according to the National Weather Service.

Transitioning into nighttime, the city can expect the cloud cover to play a game of hide and seek, leaving us in partly cloudy conditions with a low settling around 76 degrees. The southern southeast wind is likely to pursue at a pace of 10 to 15 mph, with occasional gusts strutting as high as 30 mph. Further into the week, Tuesday mirrors today’s heat with another chance of thunderstorms nudging their likelihood post-1 pm.

As declared in a Hazardous Weather Outlook released early this morning, isolated to scattered thunderstorms are viewed across Central and East Texas on Tuesday. The same outlook states that these conditions are poised to spread over the region by midweek, with expectations of them bowing out by Thursday. "Lightning and heavy rainfall are expected to be the main hazards," the bulletin reads, hinting at the tumultuous weather ahead.

Amidst the Juneteenth celebrations, intrigues come along with a 40% chance of precipitation — indicative of potential showers and thunderstorms after 1 pm, under mostly cloudy skies with the mercury climbing to a moderate 82 degrees. Following that, Wednesday night to early Thursday morning might play host to a collection of episodes involving showers and thunderstorms, each with a subtle chance of precipitation.

The latter end of the week seems to offer some reprieve. Thursday greets us with a slight chance of thunderstorms before dawn, leading to a partly sunny day with an agreeable high near 91 degrees. Friday beams mostly sunny, and the weekend escalates in temperature, with a sunny Saturday peaking at 96 degrees, and Sunday poised to sizzle at near 98 degrees. The Hazardous Weather Outlook affirms, "Spotter activation is not expected at this time," suggesting a relatively calm forecast in terms of severe weather conditions

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