Rain could soon bring some relief from heat

2022-05-21 16:39:46 By : Ms. Tracy Lei

May 20—Only have a minute? Listen instead

The Rio Grande Valley could get some much needed rain beginning Sunday as a cool front makes its way to the area.

Although there won't be much of drop in temperatures, the rain chances will increase to 40% Sunday and Sunday night and Monday and to 20%, according to AccuWeather. Rain chances of about 20% are expected to occur the rest of the week.

The high temperatures will be in the low 90s Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. They will increase to the mid 90s Wednesday.

The National Weather Service in Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley states, "High pressure overhead in the middle layers of the atmosphere will relinquish its hold on Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley as the weekend arrives and progresses. The brief approach of a weak cold front from the north, followed by the approach and passage of a series of disturbances in the middle layers of the atmosphere, will generate mainly scattered showers and thunderstorms through much of the forecast period. Cooler high temperatures are also expected beginning on Monday."

The NWS reports the last significant rain to fall in the RGV was April 25-26, which was described as a "one-off torrential rain event."

According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, Cameron is County abnormally dry while Hidalgo and Starr counties are abnormally to moderately dry. Willacy County is also abnormally dry.

The dry conditions have prompted at least one Valley city to implement water restrictions.

The City of Los Fresnos this week activated its The Stage 2 Drought Contingency Plan,

Under the new restrictions, irrigation of landscaped areas with hose-end sprinklers or automated irrigation systems shall be limited between the hours of 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Residents on the southside of Ocean Boulevard or Highway 100 may water Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Residents on the northside of Ocean Boulevard may water Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

No landscape irrigation will be allowed on Sundays.

Friday's rebounding stocks are not enough to make up for the steep losses earlier in the week. The hit comes after retail giants Walmart and Target reported lower than expected earnings. Nancy Davis, chief investment officer for Quadratic Capital Management, spoke with CBS News anchors Nancy Chen and Tanya Rivero about how the recent market volatility affects Americans.

Many Americans spend their lives working hard and dreaming of the day they can finally retire. But planning for retirement requires more than dreaming -- it means being strategic and focused on saving...

The cold front that moved into Northern Colorado on Thursday evening set records and by Saturday could leave record snowfall.

Here’s a look at how much snow might fall in the storm Friday and Saturday in northeast Colorado.

Two people have died and 44 others were injured when a tornado struck Northern Michigan on Friday afternoon, authorities said.

The Arizona monsoon season, which starts in June and continues through September, brings rain and relief from the high temperatures of the desert.

A tornado watch was issued for parts of six mid-Atlantic states late Friday morning as a storm system continued tracking eastward. Roughly half of Pennsylvania was covered by the watch, which was in effect until 7 p.m. local time, and most of New Jersey. Parts of northern Maryland and Delaware and slices of West Virginia and Virginia were included as well. Severe thunderstorms that brought hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes to the Plains this week continued moving eastward on Friday, an

About 12,000 more acres of wilderness land is burning in the Gila National Forest Friday as the Black Fire creeps closer to Truth or Consequences.

Millions in India and Pakistan have had to toil through the hottest spring on record, in conditions that scientists fear will soon regularly afflict billions thanks to climate change.

Drought is expected to impact much of the Pacific Northwest this summer, including areas in eastern Washington.

Channel 9 is tracking storms moving through Central Florida on Friday afternoon.

The Black Fire is growing about twice as quickly as the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak blaze did in its first weeks.

A Florida woman boasted to her Facebook friends about her new “puppy.”

Just a day after spring warmth, wintry weather seized Colorado on May 20.

“Locals can tell you stories about their houses shaking when two stallions are fighting and slam into the side of it.”

Temperatures are expected to hit the 90s in much of the Hudson Valley this weekend, before cooler weather returns on Monday.

KTNV's Paulina Buck speaks with the Water Authority regarding Lake Mead's lowering levels and how residents will receive water if the current water level trend continues.

Temperatures expected to be 20F to 30F above average for this time of year, breaking records and raising health fears

At least two people was killed and about 40 were injured in a tornado that ripped through Gaylord, Michigan.

Exactly one month until the summer solstice, Colorado is waking up to a winter wonderland. Track this storm through the morning, including snow totals and updated forecasts, on the First Alert 5 Weather stream, which can be viewed on the KOAA News5 app for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV or AndroidTV.