Rain chances and cooler conditions continue

We’ve had another day with rain and cooler temperatures across Central Texas, which is truly a gift as we are not only in what is the driest month all year long in Central Texas, but we’re also in the time when the hottest temperatures normally occur too. (Normal highs should be around 98° now through August 16th) Beneficial rainfall has been falling across the state all week long so far, and we’re not done with the rain just yet. We’ll continue to keep scattered rain chances in the forecast for the rest of the work week and through the weekend. Rain chances do look lower for Central Texas on Wednesday. Widespread dense fog is expected to develop overnight into your morning commute. Morning lows are forecast to be down into the upper 60s to low 70s. There may be some light showers around for the morning, but once the fog clears out, we may even see some sunshine peeking out for the afternoon. While rain chances are lower, they are not zero tomorrow. The best chance for scattered showers and non-severe storms will likely take place east of I-35… With that being said, temperatures will be a little warmer across the region for the afternoon as well. Thankfully, we’re still expecting highs to stay in the mid 80s to low 90s, which continues to keep us on that cooler than normal streak we’ve been on since the weekend.

We’ll continue to stay in this unsettled weather pattern through the weekend. Forecast models are trying to show a low-pressure system developing across the Lone Star State… That along with that stalled out frontal boundary will continue to keep the rain around into the weekend. Rain chances remain hit and miss for Thursday and increase a little for Friday as that stalled out boundary lifts a little further north closer to Central Texas. Rain chances will start to go back down this weekend, but a few scattered showers and non-severe storms will be possible. The best chance for rain and the heaviest rainfall is expected to fall across South Texas, especially near and along the coast! Thankfully, we’ll still have a nice break from the extreme summer heat. Morning lows Thursday into the weekend will start out in the low 70s with highs in the upper 80s! There are signs as we head into next week that the summer-time high-pressure will build back in, eventually shutting off rain chances for next week and steadily increasing temperatures daily. We look to start out the new work week around the mid 90s, but back into the upper 90s (near our normal) by the end of the week… Which means we’ll be back to our regular scheduled programming for next week!

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