East Texas Weekend Warmth in the 80s & Tracking Rain for Halloween | October 23, 2026

EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - Happy Friday! We’ve made it to the end of the week, and this weekend will feature highs in the 80s under skies that will go from mostly sunny on Saturday to mostly cloudy on Sunday. The forecast for the weekend remains dry, and the chance for rain next Tuesday has been removed from the forecast. The first have of next week will trend dry and warm, highs remaining in the upper 70s and 80s. By the end of the week, showers and thunderstorms will return to East Texas. A continued first alert, we’re tracking a notable chance for rain on Halloween that may disrupt your plans next Saturday. Additionally, the Climate Prediction Center is highlighting East Texas for a heavy precipitation risk from October 31 through November 2. Stay tuned for updates!

Today in weather history... October 23, 1920, Dr. Ted Fujita was born in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan. Fujita devoted his life to the study of tornadoes, supercells, and downbursts. He is most notably the creator of the scale utilized by the National Weather Service to rate tornadoes. Today’s daily weather history segment comes to us courtesy of the Southeast Regional Climate Center.

Also on today’s edition of First Alert Weather Extra... we’re looking at severe weather and flooding across the western U.S., and video of a waterspout overseas. In closing, our satellite imagery of the day, showing severe storms as they salvo the Southwestern U.S., producing a rare tornado threat and delivering heavy rain and flooding, courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.