After a hot and sunny Saturday, North Texas is headed into a windy Sunday with parts of the region under a red flag warning for much of the day.
The National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office has issued a warning for near-critical to critical fire weather conditions. The warning will be in effect until 9 p.m. Sunday.
This warning indicates extreme fire weather conditions are either occurring now or are likely to occur because of a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation.
“Avoid all outside burning and welding today,” the warning said. “Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside.”
D-FW Weather Wise
Sunday is starting cloudy, then eventually clearing up after mid-morning, the weather service’s forecast said. Day temperatures are expected to top out near 78 degrees before dropping as low as 35 at night.
It is expected to be a windy day with gusts as high as 45 mph.
The coming week is forecast to start off slightly cooler with day temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Temperatures are expected to climb somewhere around Wednesday to the 70s and 80s again.
Next weekend is going to be very hot with temperatures in the 90s during the day.
The latest Dallas weather forecast from KXAS-TV (NBC5):
SUNDAY: Sun, clouds, windy and warm. Temps falling into the 60s by 6 pm. High: 83. Wind: becoming NW 20-35 mph with higher gusts near 50 mph by late afternoon.
MONDAY: Much colder with a freeze in spots in the morning, partly sunny. Low: 34. High: 53. Wind: N 10-15 mph.
TUESDAY (ST. PATRICK’S DAY): Cold morning. Partly sunny and milder. Low: 36. High: 67. Wind: S 10-15 mph.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. Low: 50. High: 80. Wind: S 10-15 mph.
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny and warm. Low: 56. High: 88. Wind: S 10-15 mph.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and very warm. Low: 60. High: 92. Wind: S 10-15 mph.