El Paso residents can expect a change in weather this weekend, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in El Paso, Texas. While today boasts a mostly sunny sky with highs around 92 degrees Fahrenheit, tonight's forecast includes scattered showers and thunderstorms with a 50% chance of precipitation and calmer winds gusting as high as 18 mph.
Despite the calm wind speed this morning, the NWS predicts a shift to south southeast wind ranging from 11 to 15 mph and could reach gusts up to 23 mph. As tonight falls, a low around 70 is anticipated, along with a 50% likelihood of scattered thunderstorms and showers, which, running into midnight, might bring less than a tenth of an inch of rainfall, but thunderstorms may result in higher amounts, according to the National Weather Service.
Saturday will see continued unsettled weather, with a 60% chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9 am, followed by more showers till noon. The afternoon may bring scattered thunderstorms amidst a mostly sunny backdrop and a high close to 87. A 50% chance of precipitation persists into Saturday night, with scattered showers and thunderstorms tapering off before midnight under partly cloudy skies and a low around 68.
Looking towards the start of next week, the forecast becomes less stormy with a sunny Sunday and a high near 88, although the calm winds will turn to the west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Come Monday, the chance of showers returns with a 40% chance of thunderstorms after noon and mostly sunny weather with a high near 85. With southeast wind blowing at 5 to 9 mph, there might be a mix of both sun and storm clouds to start the week.
El Paso's weather looks to maintain a pattern of intermittent showers and sunny spells into the next week. The chance of precipitation drops slightly to 30% on Tuesday, with showers and thunderstorms mainly expected before noon, while the rest of the day should remain mostly sunny with a high around 84. The week continues the trend of sunny days and slight chances of rain through at least Thursday, according to the latest NWS forecast.
