DFW Weather: Dallas and Fort Worth forecast for week of Sept. 5

DALLAS —

What’s up with the wind?

The thunderstorms over the past couple of days have been paired with gnarly winds which have induced downed bushes and even structural harm. Generally, we affiliate robust winds with a well-defined cluster of storms, however that wasn’t the case these previous couple of days. 

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This is what we name robust downburst winds, which fall from a thunderstorm and unfold out quick as soon as they hit the bottom. Very typically, the harm these winds trigger are in comparison with twister harm. 

Downburst winds occur when a big core of rain and hail within the updraft of a storm falls shortly in direction of the bottom. As this core falls, it drags loads of air with it and positive aspects velocity because it falls. Dry air evaporating on the base of the storm makes the core of air “heavier” making it stronger.

Once this pocket of air hits the bottom, is spreads out inflicting damaging wind gusts. 

We’ve seen pop-up showers and storms in components of North Texas in the course of the day Tuesday, however these will come to an finish as we lose the warmth of the day. By sundown, most storms can have ended with any lingering exercise ending into the early nighttime hours.

Most locations will likely be dry in a single day. A disturbance might carry some showers and storms to East Texas, however most of that exercise seems to be like it is going to keep out of North Texas.

Isolated storms will likely be potential Wednesday afternoon too. Most areas will keep dry, however we won’t utterly rule out a stray storm in the course of the warmest half of the day.

Highs will likely be within the mid to low 90s. High humidity will make it really feel just like the higher 90s.

A powerful space of excessive strain will transfer barely east from the 4 corners, taking a much bigger maintain on North Texas climate. This limits rain possibilities to close zero by means of the weekend. Highs will likely be within the mid to low 90s with increased humidity too.  

Good news? We could also be monitoring a “cold” entrance this weekend. Before you get too excited, it seems to be to affect our humidity greater than our temperatures. 

Morning lows early subsequent week could also be just a little extra comfy and nice, however highs will nonetheless keep round regular within the higher 80s to low 90s.

Rain possibilities, if any, additionally look actually slim. It would not appear to be there will likely be sufficient moisture to offer us a lot in the way in which of rain possibilities with that “cold” entrance.

Here’s hoping they return quickly and we do not slip again into worsening drought situations!