When will it actually rain in Fort Worth? What to know during excessive heat, humidity
Rain has been in the forecast for Fort Worth over the last week, ranging anywhere from a 30 percent to a 70 percent chance.
Despite rain chances, Fort Worth has seen low precipitation this month, with the most rainfall on June 7 at .48 inches, according to National Weather Service data.
With a high dew point caused by trapped moisture in the area, rainfall could bring relief to the humidity felt in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Hunter Reeves, National Weather Service meteorologist, said while a forecast may have a 50 to 60 percent rain chance, it also means there’s a 50 to 40 percent chance that it won’t rain.
“There’s never a guarantee even when you see a 50, 60 even 70 percent — there’s always gonna be a chance that it’s not going to rain,” he said.
National Weather Service precipitation forecasts are based on area coverage, so the percentage chances mean it could rain in one part of the area but not necessarily all of the area.
While it may seem that storms are breaking up near the city, Reeves said long-term climatology does not indicate that urban areas get less or more rain than any other part of North Texas.
“There is water in the air, it’s just a matter of when it will become clouds and fall down as rain,” he said. “It’s summer in Texas, it could rain any single day of the summer but as far as specifics I can’t promise anything.”
Over the next six through ten days, Reeves said conditions look more unfavorable for widespread rain events however there is potential for an overnight line of storms to move through.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast in the area Wednesday night into the early morning hours Thursday which could provide some relief before going back up over the weekend. How far east the line of storms will move is yet to be determined.
