DFW Weekend Rainfall Totals and the Week Ahead Weather Forecast

Weekend Rainfall and Wind Events

• 🌧️ North Texas experienced significant rainfall over the weekend, with totals accumulating rapidly in just a couple of hours, leading to street flooding.
• 📊 Specific locations like Dninnesota reported 2.99 inches, Lancaster over three inches, Dallas two and a quarter inches, and Plano an inch and a half.
• 💨 In addition to rain, there were 35 severe wind reports, with gusts reaching up to 85 mph in Milsap and 82 mph in Valley View.
• ⚠️ Fort Worth narrowly avoided the strongest winds, which weakened before reaching the city after hitting White Settlement at 71 mph.

Current Conditions and Near-Term Forecast

• 🌡️ Today's high is 89 degrees and the morning low was 68, both below normal averages.
• 💨 Current conditions include calm winds, with pollen counts for hickory, grasses, and oak remaining high.
• ☁️ Clouds are expected to increase overnight, with a low chance of light rain and isolated showers developing towards sunrise.
• ⚡ The chance of severe weather is low, limited to some small hail and gusty winds, primarily in far western North Texas.

Weekly Weather Outlook

• 🌦️ Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a 20-30% chance of scattered rain, and a high of 86 degrees.
• 🗓️ Looking ahead, approximately half of the area can expect rain on Wednesday and Thursday, with a 40% chance on Friday and 20% on Saturday.
• ⚠️ While a low-end severe weather threat is not entirely ruled out due to it being June in Texas, the forecast does not indicate the type of severe weather experienced previously.
• ☀️ The forecast for next week shows no rain, which is welcomed for a period of drying out.