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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Sunday, 4 October 2026

Dallas, Texas Revisions MILEPOST 1284

Dallas's forecast for Friday has moved 14°F colder

93°F in the 20261002T00:00Z run, 79°F in the 20261003T18:00Z — the 2nd-largest revision of the 10 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 13°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Friday, October 9 at 21Z in Dallas, that trail runs from 93.0°F in the 20261002T00:00Z cycle to 79.4°F in the 20261003T18:00Z — a move of -13.5°F across 8 runs.

The change is larger than the run's own 10th-to-90th percentile spread — the guidance did not merely narrow, it moved off its previous position.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Friday at 21Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-13.5 °F normal 0.0 °F · 2 of 10
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
12.9 °F normal 13.5 °F
current run
Milepost
1284 · laid 2026-10-04T04:25:13Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261003T18:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
bbe936db05163913202eba55ee98f6780731cd95c145e2839e67355221747b48
Machine
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