Said it was going to be 55 and sunny for last nights game.
Coming up: Ditch the umbrella, get the shorts back outBy BILL MILLERStar-Telegram Staff WriterDon't be fooled by the fog and drizzle.
The moisture that has persisted for the past few days over North Texas hasn't been near enough to dent the drought, forecasters say.
And that's a sad fact, considering that predictions for rain are diminishing by the hour.
``It has been drizzle, drizzle, drizzle, but all we've seen is 0.01 of an inch last night, and we might see another 0.01 this morning or early this afternoon,'' said Jesse Moore, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. ``If you got a shovel and stuck it in the ground, you won't see much moisture down there.''
Official forecasts Wednesday morning called for a 20 percent chance of rain Thursday and a 40 percent chance Friday. But Moore said those predictions would likely change.
``Maybe we'll get a tenth of an inch,'' he said about 8 a.m., ``but I wouldn't put any money on that. The latest computer models that just came in an hour ago say we may not even get that much.''
Today's highs are expected to reach the mid-50s, with nighttime lows around 40. Thursday is supposed to be a little warmer, in the low 60s, with lows back in the 40s.
The fog and drizzle are a holdover from last weekend's cold snap, Moore said. Cold air remains close to the ground, while warmer, moist air hovers above, creating the clouds, fog and precipitation.
Forecasters expected the fog to lift late Wednesday morning.
The fog and drizzle have one benefit, Moore said. The moist air is reducing the chance of grass fires, which have already scorched thousands of acres across Texas.
Next up, Moore said, forecasters expect a cool but dry front out of the Pacific Northwest to push through this weekend, leaving sunshine and, therefore, considerably warmer temperatures.
That's an upgrade from the past two weekends, when North Texas played host to arctic air from Canada.
It won't be as warm as last Thursday, when the mercury reached a record 85 degrees, but Moore said temperatures might be in the mid-60s by Sunday and the low 70s on Monday or Tuesday.
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