Sunday will feature much nicer weather across Southeast Texas with low humidity, sunshine, and breezy conditions.

The federal shutdown has delayed the annual winter briefing by the Climate Prediction Center, a key event meteorologists and energy producers rely on.

Another thing to watch will be the chance that a lightning strike could start a fire in the driest, most vulnerable areas. Areas north and east of Houston are in a level 1 risk of severe weather. Isolated small hail and strong winds are possible with storms in these areas.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move through North Texas today, with the biggest concern between noon and 6 p.m.

A more active weather pattern has favored areas north of Texas this week, bringing an array of fall-like... or winter-like conditions.

It was another above-average day for North Texas; the highs for this time of the year should be around 10 degrees cooler.

FINALLY! It's taken a very long time, but North Texas will finally fall into the 50s overnight. This is the first time all season and a record, too. It's never taken DFW this long to have a low temperature below 60. The afternoon looks amazing, too. Highs will only be in the middle 70s with lots of sunshine. Enjoy!

A report was issued from the NWS Fort Worth TX on Saturday at 12:57 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 1:45 p.m. The alert is for Collin, Dallas, Fannin, Lamar, Hunt, Delta and Rockwall counties.

There is elevated fire danger on Sunday for counties along and west of the I-35 corridor due to the relative humidity being around 20 to 30%, with winds gusting up to 25 mph.