In order for there to be any appreciable rain in western Texas, there mustbe a broad southeasterly flow from the Gulf of Mexico. The moisture has beenthere, but it is not being drawn far enough west by storms developing over thePlains.The same scenario will unfold on Thursday as a storm moves from Colorado toOklahoma. The circulation around the storm will transport dry air from the aridSouthwest into western Texas which will again prevent any rain. At the sametime, the atmosphere will moisten in eastern Texas and the lower MississippiRiver Valley which is where we expect rain to break out.
The dry, windy conditions due across western Texas on Thursday willdefinitely increase the threat of quickly spreading wildfires.
Story by AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
