OMNIPRESENT POLLEN & TWO CHANCES FOR RAIN

If you are suffering from the sneezing, the itchy eyes, the runny nose, the sinus pressure and the fatigue caused by the blooming season… you are not alone! Many, many people are at about wits end with the pollen. It has been a bad year so far. Pollen counts have been in ALERT status and with the absence of rain, relief has been hard to come by. But, this week as opposed to last is a little more promising in the rain department.

Today a few sprinkles popped up across the Ouachita Mountains, though many of us remained dry. This should change by tomorrow. We’re looking at a developing wave across Texas right now that may bring in as much as an inch of rain for a few lucky areas that get thunderstorms. This should provide widespread showers and thunderstorms across our entire area and pull out late Tuesday. A few localized heavy downpours are possible.

The bigger show for the week looks to affect us as early as late Wednesday in eastern OK. A trough, digging out west looks to carry a few systems into the continental US. The first will likely go well to the north of us but, a secondary low is slated to develop just east of the Rockies and pass through our area. It’s looking like it will have some Jet energy to work with and the wind profile may support some longer lived thunderstorms. We’re monitoring developments closely as it looks like we may have our next round of severe weather in a mere three to four days.

Posted by Ted Zarras at 9:21 PM