First Alert Weather Extra

Happy Friday, we've made it to the end of the week! A few isolated showers and storms will be possible this evening. These should hopefully not be too disruptive for high school football as they'll be few and far between. There will be another low chance for rain on Saturday. High temperatures this weekend will be in the upper 90s and triple digits under sunny to mostly sunny skies. Low-end chance...

A few isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible Thursday evening, primarily in Deep East Texas. Temperatures will fall into the middle 70s overnight. Friday will be sunny to mostly sunny with highs in the upper 90s, and triple digits for some. Lower humidity Friday afternoon and evening should make for a somewhat more tolerable evening as high school football games across the area kick o...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible this evening into the overnight hours. The Storm Prediction Center has a risk for strong wind and hail for parts of East Texas through Thursday pre-dawn. A weak cold front will move through East Texas on Thursday, bringing relief from the heat - highs will only be in the upper 90s! Yes, it'll still be hot out there, just not as hot. The weekend...

Clouds and scattered showers have kept East Texas cooler this Tuesday. For some, the clouds and a few showers did the same on Monday as well. Additional chances for showers and even a few thunderstorms are in the forecast for tomorrow, Thursday, and potentially Friday as well. A weak cold front will move into East Texas on Thursday. This cold front will bring a shift in winds, chances for rain, bu...

Warmer than normal temperatures will continue through the end of August and may persist into the Fall per new NOAA long-range climate outlooks. High temperatures for the next 7 to 10 days will be in the upper 90s and triple digits. That said, rainfall coverage and totals for tomorrow and Saturday have increased as our confidence has grown in the probability for rain in East Texas. Rain over the ne...

High temperatures in the triple digits will continue through the end of the week; heat advisories and warnings remain in effect from the National Weather Service. We will have a few days with low-end chances for rain in the forecast over the next 7 to 10 days, but no drought busting gully washers are expected. Towards the end of next week, highs look to be a few degrees cooler, but still above nor...

There have been no major changes to the forecast; East Texas will continue to experience hot and mostly sunny afternoons for the foreseeable future. Daily highs will be in the upper 90s and triple digits for the next 7 to 10 days, heat alerts from the National Weather Service will likely continue. There are low-end chances for rain in the forecast, but overall, most of East Texas will stay dry thr...

The hottest week of the summer, so far, is upon us as highs each day will be in the triple digits. Heat Advisories and Excessive/Extreme Heat Warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service. There are low-end (10-20%) chances for rain in the forecast off and on over the next 7 to 10 days. Tuesday afternoon and evening will have the first chance over the coming days, primarily north of I-...

This weekend will be hot, mostly sunny, and dry across East Texas. There will be a chance for rain near and south of U.S. Highway 190, but any showers and thunderstorms that develop are expected to fizzle out as they move inland. High temperatures this weekend will be in the upper 90s and triple digits; a Heat Advisory will be in effect. Additionally, many East Texas counties are under burn bans,...

The short-term forecast remains mostly unchanged from the last several days, hot and mostly sunny afternoons each day for the foreseeable future with only low-end chances for rain. There will continue to be an elevated fire danger given the dry ground and breezy winds. Burn bans are in effect for many East Texas counties, and for those that aren't, it is still against Texas regulation to burn when...

Hot and generally dry conditions will prevail through the end of the week. While very low chances for rain are in the forecast, most of East Texas will stay dry for the next 7 to 10 days. Over the next few days, wind speeds will pick up into the 10 to 15 mph range - this will contribute to a High or Very High fire danger for nearly the entire area. Many counties are under burn bans, but not all co...

Near to above normal temperatures persist across East Texas heading into the middle of August. Daily highs will be in the middle to upper 90s, and lows will be in the middle to upper 70s. Low-end chances for rain are in the forecast at times over the next 7 to 10 days, though rainfall totals will not be high and coverage of showers and isolated storms will be widely scattered. Looking ahead toward...

Middle of August heat continues this week with highs each afternoon forecast to reach the upper 90s to 100-degrees. While not unheard of, these forecast temperatures are slightly warmer than the climatological normal value of 96-degrees. Very low chances for rain are in the forecast tomorrow and Wednesday, and it's possible more are added alter this week, to account for the possibility of scattere...

Hot and mostly sunny conditions will generally prevail for the foreseeable future. There are daily chances for rain in the forecast, but they're all low-end (only 10-20%) each day. Given the time of year, this is not unusual; however, the concern for rapid onset drought will increase through the end of the month. Through the first half of the summer, there was enough rainfall off and on to actuall...

Hot and sunny/mostly sunny conditions will prevail through this week as a typical summertime weather pattern sets up for East Texas. Daily highs and lows will generally be close to normal , if not slightly warmer than normal, for the next 7 to 10 days. The normal low and high temperatures for today are 75° and 96°. Low-end chances for rain will also be in the forecast this week as south wi...

The two weather headlines of the week continue to dominate our local forecast: heat and Tropical Storm Bertha. What was Tropical Depression Two this time yesterday, strengthened into Tropical Storm Bertha last night. Bertha will continue moving west along the northern Gulf Coast, towards Texas. The impacts from Bertha in East Texas will be minimal. That said, a few showers and isolated thunderstor...

The hottest days of the summer so far are upon us as the forecast calls for highs around 100-degrees for the foreseeable future. Of course, other than the heat, a brewing tropical storm in the Gulf will be the other top weather story this week. Over the weekend, Tropical Depression Two formed and is likely to become Tropical Storm Bertha by Tuesday morning. At this time, any impacts from this trop...

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will taper off through the rest of this evening leaving East Texas with mostly cloudy skies overnight. Temperatures by Friday morning will be in the low to middle 70s. There is a low chance for a stray shower or storm tomorrow, but most of us will stay dry. Temperatures Friday afternoon will be in the low to middle 90s. A significant warming trend will take place...

Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will taper off this evening leaving us with mostly cloudy skies across East Texas tonight. More showers and thunderstorms are expected both Thursday and Friday, though the chances look to be lower through the end of the week compared to the start of this week. The weekend forecast continues to look mostly sunny and dry with highs in the middle to upper 90s. By t...

We've seen less coverage of showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday, and chances for rain will remain low overnight tonight. Additional shower and thunderstorm development is expected by Wednesday afternoon as an upper-level system continues moving slowly to the west overhead. This system, which brought heavy rain and flooding to East Texas Monday, has led to heavy rain and flooding in Central a...

Showers and thunderstorms remain in the forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday, with chances decreasing into the second half of the week as high pressure rebuilds overhead. Today's rain will taper off into the evening before new development of showers and storms is expected early Tuesday morning. The chance for rain will increase into Tuesday afternoon and highs will only be in the 80s - well below n...

After another hot and mostly sunny afternoon, changes are set to begin arriving for East Texas over the weekend. We'll have another hot day tomorrow, Saturday, with highs in the middle to upper 90s under partly cloudy skies. There is low (20%) chance for rain on Saturday. The chance for showers and thunderstorms will increase on Sunday ahead of a "backdoor" cold front expected on Monday. There is...

Temperatures will continue to climb into the middle and upper 90s through Friday and Saturday before cooler weather arrives early next week. Skies will trend mostly sunny to partly cloudy for the next two days, with only low-end chances for rain in the forecast. Showers and thunderstorms will become likely across East Texas once again early next week as an area of low pressure moves over the area...

After a period of rainy days across East Texas, the forecast calls for mostly dry conditions for the next few days. There will be very limited chances for rain in the forecast through the rest of the work week, before higher chances for showers and thunderstorms return by early next week. For the foreseeable future, high temperatures will remain in the 90s, with morning lows in the 70s. Generally...

As we approach the 4th of July holiday weekend, above normal summer heat and daily chances for rain will continue for East Texas. High temperatures for Friday through the weekend will be in the 90s, with a heat index in the upper 90s and triple digits. Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be possible each day into early next week, though Sunday through Tuesday, the chance for rai...