Originally Posted by canklecat

I'm on the west side of Fort Worth. We're in a peculiar geographic mini-region where most of the worst weather goes around us. One of the quirks of Texas is the wind pattern sweeping down from the north or up from the south that follows the terrain closely. After awhile you can pretty well predict which incoming storms are likely to hit us and which are likely to go around or break up around us, then regroup again toward Dallas.