NORTH TEXAS – On Monday morning, children at the bus stop were met with generally bright to partly cloudy skies and temperatures near 80 degrees. After school, the summer heat is turned on for pick-up and the first debrief of the day.
One saving grace Monday morning was cloud cover and a few isolated showers in North Texas, courtesy of convection in Oklahoma that was traveling southeast.
The cloud cover and occasional showers will not last long, and Monday will be generally sunny to partly cloudy with high temperatures in the afternoon. The “feels-like” temperatures on Monday will be only a few degrees higher than the actual high temperature, but it is still a day to take heat precautions.
A heat dome forms during the week and temperatures gradually rise a degree or two by midweek.
Indeed, the prediction calls for some of the warmest or near-hottest days of the year.
A heat alert has been issued for Tuesday. It starts at noon and runs until 9 p.m. Temperatures appear to be reaching 108°.
One forecast model attempted to include some rain in the forecast for Thursday, but the chances are even less, with a 10% probability at most.
It will be sunny and dry for the whole 7-day prediction period, so after-school practices will be hot, and youngsters should water frequently and early.