Rain chances return Friday

 

Several low-pressure systems are expected to move across the country over the next few days allowing rain chances to increase across the Stateline Friday afternoon. For the remainder of Thursday evening, it's the dense fog we have to deal with. As of 7pm, visibility remains under half a mile across the board, with the thick fog expected to continue into the night. A Dense Fog Advisory remains in effect.

Severe weather has occurred, and continues this evening, across east Texas and Louisiana as a tightly wound-up low-pressure system moves into southeast Oklahoma. This low will lose a little of its strength early Friday morning as it moves into Missouri before moving into Iowa Friday evening.

Moisture out ahead of the low, however, will increase giving way to scattered showers by daybreak Friday. The rain will remain scattered through the afternoon before becoming a bit more widespread and steady Friday evening. In all, rainfall totals of half an inch are likely through early Saturday.

Southeast winds will also increase for time during the afternoon, gusting around 20 mph. High temperatures will warm into the upper 40s. Most of the accumulating rain will be done by Midnight, but a few light showers are possible early Saturday. The weekend will feature mostly cloudy skies as a few systems pass by the Stateline. The next chance for precipitation will come late Monday night as another system moves in, this time passing to our south and bringing in a much colder air mass for the new year.