ABC-7 First Alert: A little cooler for your Monday, with potential for gusty winds

UPDATE: The ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team has issued an ABC-7 First Alert for the gusty winds expected tonight along with the elevated rain chances for eastern counties.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Temps will be slightly cooler today as we feel the impacts of a front moving in. With that, we could also see some stronger gusty winds and some rain chance potential.

Throughout the region today we can expect warm temperatures ranging from 96-102. El Paso is expected to reach a high of 100 with Las Cruces expecting to reach 99.

Along with slightly cooler air, we are still hanging on to some slight chances for isolated thunderstorms locally, with rain chances looking stronger for our Eastern counties.

We will also see east winds pick up today. For the evening, gusts are expected to range between 35-45 mph for west El Paso.