After bringing inches of rain and flash flooding to the Southwest and Four Corners earlier this week, the threat has shifted into the Plains on Sunday.

Dry conditions will persist across the viewing area throughout the week, with no rainfall expected. Unfortunately, the lack of rain will do little to ease the ongoing drought. While occasional cloud cover could move into the region,

After months of hot, dry weather that left the landscape across California parched and the fire risk high, a storm is expected to bring cooler temperatures and a chance of rain on Wednesday and Thursday. The heaviest rain is forecast for Southern California, raising concerns about flooding.

An occasional rumble of thunder may still echo through the Bay Area on Thursday, and the crack of lightning may still light up the clouds once in a while, reminders that the region’s first decent-sized storm of the rainy season still has several hours left to show its stuff before heading out of the region for good.

Low chances for rain continue most days this week, with little in terms of rainfall amounts expected, while warm temperatures hold through the end of the month. A warm pattern continues with highs again reaching the upper 70s to low 80s under high clouds.

The rain falling across Southern California won't bring an end to the region's fire season just yet, experts say. But it's creating plenty of issues while it's here.

For the last couple of weeks, temperatures have topped out in the mid-80s across North Texas under mostly sunny skies, but rain is in the forecast soon.

Light showers popped up in portions of the Valley on Saturday as temperatures began to drop. The National Weather Service reported precipitation late Saturday morning, although not much rain was reaching the ground beyond some sprinkles.