PHOTO BY DAVID LOWE A truck splashes through a large puddle at the intersection of Third Street and Key Avenue Tuesday afternoon after a rain shower brought much-needed precipitation to Lampasas. Forecasts indicate a possibility of scattered thunderstorms throughout most of next week. Scattered showers Monday and Tuesday brought some rain and cooler temperatures to Lampasas County.

The National Weather Service observer station in Lampasas recorded 1.4 inches of rain on Tuesday, when the high temperature reached just 87 degrees. Although Lampasas received only .05 inches of moisture Monday, temperatures did not exceed 85 degrees.

The eastern end of the county received a bit more precipitation. Duby Todd reported 2.3 inches of rain Tuesday from a storm moving southward.

"It was the first significant rainfall at this location in almost three months," Todd said in an email.

Terry and Phyllis Poehlmann recorded 1.15 inches of rain Monday at their ranch near Lometa, and they received another tenth of an inch Tuesday.

Noel Dannheim got about three-quarters of an inch Tuesday at his property in Adamsville and "a trace" Wednesday, he said.

The Weather Channel predicts a slight possibility of precipitation through the middle of next week, with the likelihood of rain increasing to about 60 percent by Thursday.

Daily highs are expected to average about 90 degrees, with lows dropping into the upper 60s.