Shelden Breshears
First Alert Meteorologist
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Shelden was born and raised in Portales, New Mexico and is the First Alert Meteorologist for the Early Show on NewsChannel 10.
Shelden attended school at West Texas A&M University and graduated with a degree in Broadcasting and Electronic Media. He's currently a student at Mississippi State University for a certificate in Broadcast Meteorology.
He first came to Newschannel 10 in 2016 as an intern, and has worked in several roles on his path to Forecaster.
When he's not at work, Shelden loves going to the lake whenever he can, hanging out with friends and watching movies or putting his photography skills to use on west Texas' stunning landscapes.
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Warm conditions and breezy southerly winds are all but guaranteed for the start of your weekend, but hopefully mother nature has a little more in store for us as well.
Thanks to a high pressure over the top of our area, you can expect mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures moving ahead.
The last of any shower activity is continuing to clear out of the region and off to the south pre-sunrise this morning.
After a cold front today, winds will be calmer throughout the day today, and after a cooler start, daytime highs can be expected to be slightly lower in the low 90s.
After yet another day of showers and storms in the west late Monday, we’re expecting more for Tuesday, but this time with some bonuses added in.
A high pressure system off to our east will be the indicator of what’s to come for this week!
As we kick off the weekend, lots of sunshine, a little breeze and warm temperatures are about all we can expect.
Temperatures are set to plateau for now, leading us to expect mid-90s for the remainder of the forecast, with some very small chances for some monsoonal moisture making its way our direction towards next week.
After seeing daytime highs around 102 for Tuesday, things seem to be trending slightly cooler from here on out.
While the weekend was record breaking in terms of heat (Saturday and Sunday both saw 106 degrees), things are still looking warm for Monday, but maybe not quite as hot!
Record heat is being seen for a lot of the area this Saturday afternoon. As of right now, heat related advisories and warnings will remain in place until sundown.
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A dome of high pressure will dominate our weekend weather pattern and will result in some intense and dangerous heat during afternoons.
The last of any showers and thunderstorms have moved out around midnight Thursday into Friday, and so now the stage is set for the weekend!
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A round of heavy to severe weather will track across our area tonight. Some of the stronger storms will produce dangerous lightning and hail.
Ample moisture in the atmosphere is likely to be the culprit in some patchy fog early this morning, right around sunrise.
As you’re waking up on a Wednesday morning, we’re tracking a thunderstorm making it’s way out of the north on the leading edge of a cold front. As of early this morning, it is bringing some hail and heavy rain to our Oklahoma panhandle counties.
For your Tuesday today, expect another day with low level clouds, perhaps not as foggy, though.
After a hot weekend, winds are turning back out of the east for Monday, which will cause higher humidity, which could cause some early morning fog, which shouldn’t stick around too long.
While we broke up cloud cover and saw some sunshine for Thursday afternoon, cloudy and wet conditions are returning for Friday.
We’re waking up to yet another cool and wet morning across the region for Thursday, however it won’t be quite as cool, or quite as severe as what we’ve seen so far.
A big surge of higher dew points, and outflows from Tuesday’s storms will make for cloudy skies, possible all-day rain chances and overall cooler weather for Wednesday!
Currently tracking a First Alert weather event for our Tuesday afternoon as an incoming cold front is set to join up with a retreating dry line which could fire off severe thunderstorms, especially in the south east.
For Memorial Day today, expect higher temperatures, however, not quite as bad as this past weekend.
Temperatures are going to continue to warm, and warm, and warm as we head into the Memorial Day weekend!
With skies clearing, temperatures look to continue their climb, however Thursday is looking to be nearly exactly what we’d expect for a late May day.
Rain has left the area, leaving behind some cloud cover, and a cool start to Wednesday, but the pattern changes today.
After a very active Monday evening, showers and storms continue to linger area-wide, and are likely to do so for the next several hours.
After an unseasonably chilly weekend, we look to continue that trend, however, we’re adding higher dew points into the mix, and starting Monday afternoon, the highest, and most widespread rain chances we’ve seen in some time!
We’re currently tracking a cold front that will push through around sunrise, bringing cooler temps with it today.
Winds are turning out of the southwest today, prompting possible record heat and much drier conditions.
A relatively weak cold front is pushing through the region as of Wednesday morning.
Showers continue to work through the eastern portions of the area this morning prior to sunrise.
A solid retreating of the dry line has our dew points already on the rise, and if a wave of energy can come off of the New Mexico mountains, we could be in prime position to enjoy some evening showers and thunderstorms!
Air Quality Alerts are in place for parts of eastern New Mexico this morning as smoke from wildfires will blow into the area.
After only a few areas saw isolated thunderstorms on Wednesday, we’re looking to return to a drier, warmer pattern for Thursday.
The atmosphere is unstable again today with abundant moisture and daytime heating in place.
After the eastern half of the region got widespread shower and thunderstorm activity yesterday evening, we’re looking at a similar set up for Wednesday, however the western half may be in mother nature’s favor this time around.
While the first half of today will feel awfully familiar with southwest winds, and warm and sunny conditions, things will change later in the day.
Tracking critical to extreme fire danger in most of the region for Monday.
Despite a cold front that rolled through Wednesday, temperatures are climbing back up in a way we haven’t seen so far in 2022 for this weekend.
After severe weather and a cold front on Wednesday, we’re starting Thursday on a chilly and cloudy note, for at least the eastern half of the area.
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Moisture will return to our region by tomorrow morning which will energize the atmosphere and set the stage for a couple of rounds of thunderstorms.
Moisture surging in from the south, paired with an incoming low pressure is cause for concern when it comes to severe weather today.
Overnight cold front looks to have temperatures awfully chilly for our Tuesday morning, with freezes likely for our northern most areas.
After a very active Sunday evening, the last of the storms are working their way east out of our area, leaving moist air in it’s wake.
The atmosphere is becoming energized and the stage is set for a round of heavy storms as the weekend comes to a close.
A windy and warm Friday will in fact set the stage for a slightly cooler Saturday.