Dallas, TX – Halloween weekend could bring a wetter weather pattern across North Texas, with federal forecasters highlighting a regional heavy precipitation threat that may complicate outdoor celebrations, trick-or-treating and travel as October comes to an end.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, its extended weather outlook issued Thursday, Oct. 22, identifies a moderate risk of heavy precipitation across portions of Texas from Friday, Oct. 30, through Sunday, Nov. 1. A broader slight-risk area extends across additional portions of the southern Plains, including areas near Dallas–Fort Worth.
The moderate designation represents a 40% to 60% probability of heavy precipitation meeting NOAA’s hazard criteria within the highlighted area. The surrounding slight-risk designation represents a 20% to 40% probability…