KATC StormTeam 3 Weather BLOG

An upper level low combined with plenty of deep tropical moisture will yield a good chance of showers and locally heavy thunderstorms over the next few days.  Even though the upper low gradually dissipates by the end of the week, plenty of tropical moisture will be stuck in the area.  This pattern will keep above normal rain chances with us through the weekend.  By the latter part of the weekend or early next week a decaying frontal boundary may serve to keep our rain chances elevated through mid-next week.  So keep you umbrella handy!  Long-term models are showing some signs of a decent front arriving around the 10^th of September give or take a few days so keep your fingers crossed.  Meanwhile skies should hopefully be fair enough early tomorrow morning to afford some of us a view of the total eclipse.  The moon will be totally in the Earth’s shadow beginning at 6:22am and will begin to exit from darkness at 7:24am.  It may look quite interesting during the pre-dawn hours so set your alarms early!