Drought conditions are worsening over North Central Texas as warm, dry conditions continue - and there’s no end in sight.

Yesterday’s drought condition map shows abnormally dry conditions continue to spread, and moderate drought is starting to set in. Drier air is moving in as well, and that will combine with increased winds late this weekend and early next week to increase the risk of quickly spreading fires. For the next couple of days, though, winds will be fairly light. While that doesn’t contribute to increased fire danger…it will lead to an air quality alert.

In yesterday’s forecast update video I mentioned that you’ll probably see chatter of a cold front arriving around the 20th that I hadn’t mentioned much about because it was delaying one day at a time each day I checked. Now it looks to be pushed back to the 22nd. Go figure.

It might be fall, but we need to treat this like summer. Drought is setting in, and outdoor burning is becoming dangerous. The silver lining is that we’re doing this in October, so we aren’t reaching triple digits and the humidity isn’t oppressive.