Clouds have been increasing from the west all day today and will continue to do so this evening and overnight as our next Pacific storm system approaches the area from the west. As the system crosses the area on Wednesday, widespread cloud cover with embedded areas of fog/drizzle and light rain will develop. The rain on Wednesday will be fairly scattered and light throughout a good majority of the day, but may increase in coverage by late afternoon. That's when I'm expecting the steadiest rains to develop across the area. Even though the rain is forecast to be widespread, that does not mean it is going to be heavy.
Tonight's Forecast: Increasing clouds with areas of fog and/or drizzle developing late...lows will dip into the 40s...some light rain showers possible late tonight into early Wednesday morning as Gulf moisture continues to stream up and over the cooler air mass here at the surface.
Patchy areas of mist and drizzle already beginning to develop across south central Texas as of 10:45 p.m. Tuesday evening (see radar image below).
Wednesday's Forecast: Light rain likely (especially late afternoon into the evening). Temperatures will only manage to rebound into the 50s Wednesday afternoon thanks to the abundant cloud cover and widespread rain. It's going to be a very dreary sort of day. Rainfall accumulation will range from a trace to 0.10 inches across the Hill Country with slightly higher totals up to 0.25 inches possible along the Interstate 35 corridor with slightly higher totals of up to 0.40 inches possible east of the I-35 corridor towards southeast Texas. Overall this is not going to be a big rain maker for us.
Wednesday Night: Evening showers become more spotty by late night followed by clearing conditions from west to east Thursday morning as drier westerly winds move into the area behind our next Pacific storm system. Sunny skies and a dry/warm west southwesterly wind flow behind Wednesday's storm system will allow for a nice warm-up on Thursday and Friday before changes arrive just in time for the weekend.
Thursday & Friday: Mostly sunny and much warmer with highs near and above 70°F across the area ahead of a stronger Canadian Cold Front that will really drop temps for the weekend and into early next week. Lows will still be chilly Thursday and Friday mornings in the 40s.
***We may see a widespread freeze across south central Texas early next week. That is not a sure thing at this point in time, however, considerably colder and below average temperatures are coming behind a strong cold front that is set to arrive early Saturday morning***
Saturday: Canadian Cold Front arrives early Saturday morning knocking highs down into the lower to middle 50s on a breezy/gusty north wind...lows dip into the 30s area wide Saturday night ***(areas north and west of Austin may receive a freeze)***
Sunday: Cold start in the 30s gives way to a mostly sunny and chilly afternoon with highs in the 40s...cold air sticks around into early next week with highs in the 40s/50s and lows in the 30s.
No comments:
Post a Comment