Showers and thunderstorms are likely to impact much of Texas on Sunday, with areas from the eastern Panhandle on down to Houston and Galveston on the lookout for everything from a passing rain to golf-ball-sized hail. After that threat passes, it would seem in some places that the sun will be back out, and in force.
In fact, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service in Houston and Galveston, the Southeast Texas area should be warming up quite a bit, with high temperatures climbing into the 80s over the week. But that shouldn’t discount the possibility of more rain.
“There are a lot of eyes on the severe weather potential in the central/southern plains on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, and that threat does remain to our northwest on both days,” wrote the NWS in Houston-Galveston late Saturday night.
Severe storms for the Great Plains?
Much of Oklahoma is under a marginal or severe storm threat Tuesday and Wednesday, with risks including golf-ball-sized hail, wind speeds of up to 70 mph and even tornadoes. While the stronger stuff should stay more north of Texas, forecasters in Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin-San Antonio are expecting the possibility that rough weather makes its way south into their parts of the state…