More rain and cooler temperatures for Mother’s Day Weekend

What a glorious way to close out the work week! It was nice to finally see an end to the numerous rounds of severe weather we’ve seen over the past week… And hopefully you were able to enjoy the sunny and storm-free conditions we had today, because more rain is working its way into Central Texas over Mother’s Day Weekend. Thankfully though - We have one more cool and mostly rain-free day to kick off the weekend. Saturday morning will be a little on the cool side with morning lows down into the low to mid 60s. Cloud cover will be moving right back in for Saturday, so expect to see mostly cloudy skies. Although we won’t have as much sunshine around, the extra cloud cover should help keep temperatures into the mid 70s to low 80s for the afternoon. The extra cloud cover around is also a sign of more moisture moving back in, but overall, humidity won’t be terribly high… But you can expect to feel the mugginess build as we head into Mother’s Day on Sunday.

Now unfortunately, Mother’s Day is looking to be soggy for us in Central Texas. Rain chances could start as early as Saturday afternoon for the western parts of Central Texas - But the better chance for rain will be for areas to our west. We could start to see some showers and a few rumbles of thunder building into our western/northwestern counties during the late afternoon and evening. The activity that *could develop in Central Texas Saturday will not produce any severe weather, in fact, many in Central Texas will remain rain-free all day… But we can all expect to have some rain around for all those Mother’s Day celebrations on Sunday. Rain chances increase from the west on Sunday as an upper-level storm system and Pacific front approach and eventually move through Central Texas by Monday. While it will not rain all day on Sunday, numerous waves of showers and thunderstorms are expected throughout the day. A big wave of rain will likely push in during the morning hours, but we could see a few more rounds of scattered rain during the afternoon and evening too. We’ll likely dry out a bit Sunday night, but an arriving cold front brings us another 50% chance for rain Monday. On Sunday, there’s the chance for a stray stronger storm, with small hail and lightning mainly near and west of I-35, but overall the severe weather risk looks lower due to the cooler air that’s forecast to be in place. We’re expecting to pick up around an inch of rain Sunday and Monday, however we could see isolated 2″+ rainfall totals, especially east of I-35, which could renew flooding concerns.

As far as temperatures go for Mother’s Day, Sunday looks to start out in the low 60s with highs only in the low to mid 70s for the afternoon. Our forecast dries out for Tuesday behind that front, but we’re tracking another chance for storms by the middle of the week as another cold front tries to move into Central Texas. Temperatures throughout the week also look to be warm and very spring-like. Highs will be in the low 80s Monday, mid 80s Tuesday and Wednesday, dropping a little Thursday into Friday, before climbing right back up for next weekend. Humidity will also be on the rise throughout the work week! May is definitely here in Central Texas!

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