Bob Peters Forecast

A slow-moving cold front brought lower temperatures and scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region overnight and Monday.

Though areal coverage was only about 50 percent, and most rainfall amounts were under one-half inch, there were exceptions.

Heavy rain fell Sunday evening in a band extending from Wood through Upshur and into Cass and Marion counties. Some of these amounts approached two and one-half inches between Quitman and Gilmer.

The heaviest rains likely of three inches or greater were from northwest of Palestine northward to south of Athens and westward to Kerens and Corsicana.

In Tyler, a trace of rain fell at the airport though not in the city around 9 p.m. Around 4 a.m., light rain fell at both stations, with a trace recorded at each through 7 a.m.

The remnant of the frontal boundary should continue over South Central and Southeast Texas Tuesday, roughly along an Austin-Alexandria, La. Line. There should be widely scattered showers and thunderstorms again Tuesday, concentrating over the southern counties.

The remainder of the week beginning Wednesday should be dry.

Otherwise, Monday’s temperatures ran about 4 degrees cooler than Sunday’s, and were slightly below normal. Temperatures Tuesday should be near Monday’s, with slight warming Wednesday afternoon.

The remainder of the week should see near normal temperatures and little or no rainfall as upper air high pressure builds back into the region from the southwest.

High temperatures Monday afternoon ran from the middle 80s in the north to the middle 90s in the south. These were up to 8 degrees lower than on Sunday.

High readings, with less rainfall, Tuesday should be slightly warmer, with 90-degree readings general again Wednesday.

Low temperatures Monday morning were from near 70 in the northeast to the middle 70s in the south. Mid-60 to mid 70 readings are likely both Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Monday’s average relative humidity was 69 percent, with lower values likely through Thursday.

Tyler’s high temperature of 90 came at 3:37 p.m., following the day’s low of 74 at 5:15 a.m.