Cool Front Brings Some Relief

Happy Back to School!

Sent the kids off this morning, went for a nice long 6-mile run and for the first time in 3 months I finally have a little time to write and get back to work.

Hot…Hot…Hot…I’m sure you’ll agree, August has truly been a tough month. After our nice early July rains, the faucet turned off and a monster upper level ridge has put North Texas under a pressure cooker, especially these past 3 weeks.

We had 18 consecutive 100 degree days (July 31-Aug 17th), making the streak the 7th longest since records have been kept at DFW. Clouds and a few showers/storms with a stalled front on the 18th brought us our only day so far this month below 100. The high that day…96.  Then on Sunday the 22nd DFW recorded a record high of 105, and today we are expecting another record high.

Tired of the heat? I have some good news.

A strong disturbance will cross the Northern Plains the next 2 days. This change in the upper level pattern will draw some much cooler surface air southward in the form of a cold front. This front will arrive here Tuesday afternoon as a “cool” front and with it the hope for a few scattered storms. While I think a little rain is possible, the clouds on Tuesday should be what helps to keep temps 5-10 degrees cooler than where we’ve been. Once the front moves south of us, our rain chances are done, but it will feel so much more pleasant.

By Wednesday, the lower levels dry out and a light NE breeze Wed-Thur should make our nights more comfortable ( upper 60s-low 70s), with highs more seasonable in the low to mid 90s. I’ll take it!

Enjoy it, the humidity and heat will be back. After all it’s still August. But at least we are coming down the home stretch and can look forward to pattern changes more often heading into September. Usually by early October our daily highs are back down in the 80s. Won’t that be nice?

Until next time……