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***FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY!*** Another unseasonably hot day is in store for us on Saturday as the center of the upper-level ridge of high pressure will be overhead. This means that highs in the 90s to potentially near 100-103° over the southeastern TX Panhandle appear to be on its way. Just like what we saw on Thursday and Friday, the "dry line" will move from the western Panhandles Saturday morning and into the eastern Panhandles by the afternoon. There may be a few isolated showers and t-storms that develop along or ahead of this feature in the afternoon, but that means that the majority of the High Plains will be ... say it with me ... HOT AND DRY. Yuck! Mostly sunny morning skies will be partly cloudy during the afternoon as fair weather cumulus clouds develop in the searing heat. Southerly and southwesterly morning winds at 10-20 mph will shift to the west and increase to the 15-25 mph range with some higher gusts during the afternoon as well. As drier air moves in from New Mexico Saturday night and early Sunday, we won't see the low clouds and fog that we saw the previous mornings. But we will see a weak cold front drop into the area to bring us some relief from the heat on Sunday! Lows will drop into the middle 50s to middle 60s by Sunday morning. The wind will shift from the southwest around to the northwest with wind speeds between 10 and 20 mph.

We're going to get a little break in the heat on Sunday thanks to a weak cold front moving through the area early Sunday morning. Instead of highs between 95° and 102°, we'll be back down in the upper 80s to upper 90s. The good news is a reinforcing shot of cooler air will drop into the area early Monday morning ... so we'll cool off even more! Sunday will be a mostly sunny day with a northwest to west wind blowing at 15 to 25 mph.

The second cold front will drop into the High Plains Sunday night and early Monday morning, bringing another welcome shot of cooler air along with it! We will be more than happy with highs in the middle 80s to lower 90s. Winds will blow from the northeast at 10 to 20 mph most of the day. Skies will be mostly sunny throughout the day as well.

It will be slightly "cooler" than it was over the weekend on Tuesday as highs only warm into the middle 70s to the lower 80s. Yeah, that's not that "cool", but it's better than the 90s and 100 degree heat from Saturday! Skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy as northerly winds at 10-20 mph during the morning shift to the west in the afternoon at speeds averaging 5-15 mph.

We will start to warm back up on Wednesday as upper-level high pressure builds back into the High Plains. Highs will reach the mid 80s to the lower 90s by late day. Southeasterly morning winds at 5-15 mph will shift more to the south at 10-20 mph during the afternoon hours. Skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy on Wednesday.