February temperatures return to the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Thursday with a high back down in the 40s with a strong north wind gusting to 30 mph accompanying the colder weather.
A strong cold front moved across North Texas on Wednesday night, bringing colder weather back to North Texas.
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport reached a high of 77 Wednesday. Accompanying the spring-like warmth was a chance for spring-like storms during the evening hours. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for a large portion of North Texas expired at 10 p.m. Wednesday.
NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell said a "cap" in the atmosphere, or a layer of warm air preventing storms from developing, was in place over North Texas through the day and into the evening. By 9 p.m., storms remained mostly north of the Red River and in southern Oklahoma where some tornado warnings were issued.
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Temperatures are expected to be much colder Thursday with a strong north wind. High temperatures by Thursday and Friday will only climb into the upper 40s and low 50s. Next week temperatures will climb back to near 80 Monday and Tuesday before settling back into the 60s for the remainder of the week. The next chance for rain is Tuesday and Wednesday.
