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NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1136 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



THE CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING HAD BEGUN TO 

ERODE. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE ALREADY BEING REPORTED WEST OF 

A GAINESVILLE... FORT WORTH... WACO LINE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS 

AVERAGING 14 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH WERE BLOWING

ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES HAD ALREADY CLIMBED INTO 

THE 7OS ACROSS THE REGION.  THE WARM TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH

HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE 70 AND 80 PERCENT CATEGORY MADE FOR 

UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS. AT 11 AM... TEMPERATURE EXTREMES RANGED 

FROM 81 DEGREES AT DYESS AIR FORCE BASE IN ABILENE TO 72 DEGREES 

AT PARIS.   



FOR THE REMAINDER OF TEXAS...CLOUDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF

THE STATE HAD BEGUN TO DISSIPATE... BUT SKIES REMAIN MOSTLY 

CLOUDY EAST OF A WACO... SAN ANTONIO... VICTORIA LINE. THIN HIGH 

CLOUDS WERE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE WEST TEXAS AREA. 



STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WAS THE NORM THIS MORNING.

THE PANHANDLE... HOWEVER... WAS REPORTING NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND

A WEAK COOL FRONT. WIND SPEEDS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 12 TO 22

MPH RANGE...WITH SOME GUSTINESS. IN THE PANHANDLE... WIND SPEEDS 

OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WERE BEING REPORTED. TEMPERATURES

AT 11 AM... RANGED FROM A 62 DEGREE READING AT DALHART... TO 70S

AND 80S ELSEWHERE. 



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THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL REVEAL LITTLE CHANGE.  MORNING LOW CLOUDS WILL

BREAK...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND READINGS IN THE

80S IN THE EAST...AND 90S IN THE WEST.  AFTERNOON AND EVENING

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS...WHILE IT WILL

REMAIN DRY OVER THE REST OF TEXAS.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE

MID 60S...TO THE LOWER 70S.