We had yet another record high on Monday and expect yet another on Tuesday.
This means DFW has set record highs three of four days. From mid-November through mid-February, a day at or above 85 degrees is extremely rare. There have only been 50 of them in our 126-year weather history. We'll end up logging three since Saturday.
This historically warm air can hold unprecedented amounts of moisture: the warmer the air, the more water vapor it can hold. For all practical purposes, we have a tropical air mass over us here in mid-November. It has about 300% of normal water content, in fact.
A Pacific front is coming toward us on Thursday to run into his warm, moist air. The results will produce a significant flooding threat.
First Alert Weather Days are issued for Wednesday and Thursday. Our

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