Amarillo, Texas

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Before we get to this forecast in the Texas Panhandle, I want to note that with the looming collapse of Twitter, all posts will also be shared on Post.news and Mastadon under my RhinoandCompass handle. Now, it is the beginning of July. What do you think the weather is going to look like?

At 953PM, ET, Amarillo was reporting clear skies and a temperature of 81 degrees with clear skies. Temperatures are on the rise again after a dry line swept through uneventfully earlier in the week. Dew points are back in the low 50s after surging over 60, an unusual event for the Texas Panhandle in the heart of summer. The cold front htat pushed the dry line along is bringing some shower activity to the Oklahoma Panhandle, but will not have the juice to reach Amarillo.
The jet is well aloft and fairly weak, but enough to tap into the instability of the northern Plains. The cold front noted earlier is draped through the Prairies of the central States to the Panhandles. Though this is the feature that compelled the dry line eastward, it will also pose a threat for some rain and clouds as the boundary sinks to the south on Wednesday evening. Expect some more humidity and likely some cooler temps also on Thursday.
Tomorrow – Mostly sunny, High 95, Low 68
Thursday – Isolated morning storms High 87, Low 65

TWC: Tomorrow – Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 93, Low 69
Thursday – Partly cloudy skies. High 88, Low 65

AW: Tomorrow – Sunshine mixing with some clouds High 92, Low 68
Thursday – A heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon; storms can bring flooding downpours, hail, damaging wind gusts, and an isolated tornado High 84, Low 64

NWS: Tomorrow – Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, Late storms, High 92, Low 70
Thursday – A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, High 87, Low 65

WB: Tomorrow – Mostly sunny (late showers/storms) High 89, Low 69
Thursday – Partly cloudy, High 85, Low 65

WN: Tomorrow – Mostly sunny (late storms), High 91, Low 70
Thursday – Partly cloudy (early storms), High 87, Low 65

CLI: Tomorrow – Light rain showers High 90, Low 68
Thursday – Partly cloudy High 86, Low 63

Lot of different rain forecasts, and frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if it all gets dried out in the July sun before reaching the ground.

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Happy 4th, everyone.

With the collapse of Twitter, I am trying to experiment with some short form posting (category – Update) since the longer, regular posts are so sporadic these days. Since my posts feed to Twitter (for now) and Facebook, they are still visible for most of the regular audience. Let me know what you think!

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Don’t be intimidated by the shower activity presently where you are, because it may not be indicative of where the storms will be for fireworks tonight. I’m specifically thinking of places like Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas.

That said, storms may reemerge in the upper Midwest later this afternoon. As always, paying attention to the forecast is the way to go!

Memories of Florida

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We are all a bit older, a bit wiser than when we put together our forecast last month for Fort Myers. A lingering boundary lay on the southern end of the Sunshine State, but for the most part, precipitation was staying on the Atlantic side of the Peninsula. Fort Myers is on the Gulf Coast side of Florida. I noticed this and kept rain out of the forecast, and everyone else left it in. Weatherbug had a solid enough forecast that they earned victory based on their temperatures alone, but Victora-Weather was the only one with the proper precip forecast.
Actuals: June 10th, High 90, Low 77
June 11th, High 90, Low 76

Grade: B-C