After a beautiful day on Thursday, clouds
and periods of rain will move in from west to east late
in the day in response to a cold front pushing eastward
from the Great Lakes. The weekend will not be a washout
though, as sunshine returns late Saturday and hangs tough
for the first part of the work week. Temperatures will
not fluctuate too much throughout the period and will
remain slightly above seasonal averages.
-- Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
Four-day forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy with the chance of a shower. High 56.
Tonight: Periods of light rain. Low 45.
Tomorrow: Showers early, partly sunny by afternoon. High 56, low 39.
Sunday: Mostly Sunny. High 48, Low 36.
Monday: Mixture of sun and clouds. High 53.
Regional temperature map
Legend: SU(Sunny), PS(Partly Sunny), MC(Mostly Cloudy),
CY(Cloudy), HZ(Hazy), RN (Rain), RS (Rain/Snow),
SH(Showers), SN (Snow), SF (Snow Flurries), I(Ice), TS
(Thunderstorms).
On This Date In... 1989
Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas on March 29, 1989. Longview, TX recorded 14.16 inches of rain.
The collapse of a dam in Henderson, TX from over eleven inches of rain left people stranded in trees. In dramatic fashion, the flood victims had to be rescued by boat. Total storm damage in northeastern Texas was estimated at 10 to 16 million dollars.
(The National Weather Summary).
Current Weather Highlight
Last week climate scientists reported the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The Larsen B contains 720 billion tons of ice and broke apart after 50 years of sharply warming temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula. Senior Researcher, Tim Naish from New Zealand, warns that the Larsen’s collapse could indicate the overall instability of Antartica’s largest ice shelf, which is roughly the size of France. If average global temperatures continue to rise, many more ice shelfs could become vulnerable.
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 53 degrees
Record high: 86 degrees in 1907
Normal low: 31 degrees
Record low: 5 degrees in 1923
Monthly Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8 a.m. yesterday)
March precipitation: 4.00
Normal March precip: 3.34 inches
March temp. departure: +1.66 degrees
Sun Data
Sunset today: 6:33 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:00 a.m.
| Credits: |
| Jeff Porter and Hank Chilcoat |
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