Early week front sends rain chances, fall air into South Texas

San Antonio – Did you are feeling the humidity on the market Saturday? Southeast winds shortly ushered in loads of moisture for the weekend, accompanied by warmer-than-average highs within the higher 80s and low 90s Saturday afternoon.

Excellent news for these lacking that fall really feel: cooler and drier air arrives for almost all of subsequent week as our subsequent chilly entrance strikes into South Texas Sunday evening. Right here’s what you’ll want to learn about these cooler temperatures and the rain likelihood that comes together with their arrival:

The Setup

An higher degree low strain system out west will transfer eastward over the subsequent 48 hours, sending in further moisture and power into our environment.

Mix that with our subsequent entrance sliding into the Lone Star State, and rain possibilities will improve by Sunday evening and Monday with scattered to even perhaps quite a few showers and storms attainable.

Sunday

Sunday will begin off much like Saturday, with morning cloud cowl and lows within the higher 60s & low 70s. That cloud cowl will break up a bit extra all through the day, serving to highs climb into the higher 80s & low 90s once more via the afternoon hours.

A couple of remoted showers can’t be dominated out particularly west of San Antonio, however the larger rain possibilities begin to arrive Sunday evening (particulars on that under).

Rain & Storm Possibilities

Because the entrance approaches the San Antonio space Sunday night, scattered rain will possible begin to develop throughout parts of the Hill Nation & Edwards Plateau after dinnertime.

Protection is slated to extend via the in a single day hours and much more so into Monday morning because the rain and storm exercise tracks from north to south. The morning commute and drive to highschool might be messy in spots, so for now plan to provide your self some further day trip on the roadways and take the rain gear with you.

As this rain exercise floats throughout the realm, a few of it would possible be heavy at instances. The Climate Prediction Middle (a department of the Nationwide Climate Service) has positioned nearly all of our space in a 1/4 threat for extreme rainfall, which is actually an excessive amount of rain falling in too little time.

We’ll initially want to watch widespread hassle spots and low-lying, poor drainage areas for minor situations of road & creek flooding if pockets of heavy rain are gradual to maneuver or monitor proper on high of one another. When it comes to totals, it’s nonetheless trying like we may discover as much as 1″ – 2″ of rainfall in spots, with localized larger totals attainable the place heavier downpours & thunderstorms arrange.

Together with the heavy rain potential, the Storm Prediction Middle has additionally positioned nearly all of South Central Texas in a low-end 1/5 threat for an remoted storm to take a seat on the strong-to-severe facet.

The exception reasonably than the rule on this case, but when a storm had been to require further consideration, the largest issues to watch could be situations of robust winds and small hail.

Temperature Pattern Subsequent Week

After the entrance passes by, a wholesome north breeze will kick up in its wake. Winds are anticipated to gust upwards of 25 – 30 mph Monday, with breezy circumstances persevering with into Tuesday. This wind will filter in cooler and drier air, which is able to actually permit that fall really feel to settle into the realm.

Simply how fall are we speaking? As of Saturday night, lows look to drop into the 50s by Tuesday morning, adopted by probably a couple of higher 40s on Wednesday!

Extra sunshine returns by midweek with highs contained to the 70s till subsequent weekend. Excellent climate for lastly taking that pumpkin spice latte scorching as a substitute of iced!

There are nonetheless some finer particulars which will have to be adjusted barely over the subsequent 24 hours, however hope this provides everybody a good suggestion and baseline for what to anticipate with these modifications on the way in which. Updates to the forecast can all the time be discovered on-air, on-line, and in your KSAT Climate Authority app.

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