Rev up those umbrellas! We’re sure hungry for rain and finally will get some!
One storm system arrives late-week this week with another early next week
Changes are coming, Central Texans! Get ready for what will be a soggy string of days that you’ll want an umbrella in tow for. Multiple opportunities for showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast over the course of the next 8 days. It won’t be raining each and every day, but two cold fronts are on the way and we could see the majority of our normal November rain just from these next two storm systems.
You’ve probably noticed the changes across Central Texas over the past few days with warming temperatures and increasing humidity. If you haven’t noticed it, well you certainly will today! We’re out the door this morning with temperatures in the upper 60s and low-to-mid 70s! Today’s average high temperature is 68° so most of us will start out the day warmer than that! Today’s record high is 84° and we’ll approach but maybe not break the record. We’re expecting low-to-mid 80s with morning clouds giving way to at least some afternoon sunshine. In addition to the near-record highs, 70° is the record highest low temperature and we could potentially tie or break that record too. Outside of a few stray morning sprinkles, the next chance for rain arrives Wednesday afternoon. We’ll again kick off the day with a few sprinkles, but morning temperatures should start out lower in the mid-to-upper 60s with afternoon highs in the lower 80s. A few scattered pop-up showers and non-severe rumbles of thunder are possible, but most should stay dry with about a 30% rain chance.
The first realistic opportunity for rain arrives overnight Wednesday into Thursday. We’re expecting widely scattered to potentially numerous showers and non-severe storms to push in mainly west of I-35 through about daybreak Thursday before pushing away. Because it’s the cold weather season, it won’t take much for small hail to form in any thunderstorms. There’s a level 1 of 5 severe weather risk in place west of I-35 Wednesday night, but the strongest storms likely won’t produce anything more than quarter-size or maybe half-dollar-size hail. While rain could be decently widespread west of I-35, there may not be much of any rain east of I-35 during that time period. During the daytime hours Thursday, we’re expecting morning showers and non-severe storms to push away giving us a largely dry middle of the day before rain and storm chances come back up again during the afternoon. Just like with Wednesday night, Thursday’s storms should stay sub-severe, but a stray hailer is possible. Rain chances are up to 60% Thursday with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s in the morning warming into the mid-70s late-day.
A cold front is expected to drag across the area Thursday night into early Friday morning and brings us the best chance for rain as it arrives. Some scattered rain will hold over from Thursday afternoon, but the storms associated with the cold front should start to impact the area roughly after 11 PM. The arriving cold front’s line of storms should stay largely tame, but a stray strong storm or two is possible. There’s still some uncertainties surrounding how fast the front clears the area, but we are expecting at least some rain for the first part of the day Friday. Rain should be over before midday with returning sunshine boosting temperatures into the mid-to-upper 70s late-day.
If you’re gearing up for Thanksgiving travel this weekend, Saturday will be the best day of travel across the state. Here locally, expect dry conditions with temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. Our next storm system is on approach early next week, so a bit of scattered rain is possible Sunday afternoon. Rain chance are near 30% with highs dropping just a touch from Saturday as we settle in the upper 60s. Another cold front is the reason for the late-weekend rain chances and that front will blast through Monday into Tuesday. This storm system will take some time to push through Central Texas and the state as a whole, so expect travel delays especially near the I-35 corridor across the state from Monday afternoon through at least early Tuesday morning. The early week storm system will depart leaving us with dry weather late Tuesday. We’ll take a small temperature hit from Tuesday’s front, but a bigger drop in temperatures may arrive on Thanksgiving itself with potentially cooler-than-normal temperatures stretching into Black Friday weekend!
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