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Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
711 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Rain chances today from San Antonio northward, then all areas
Sunday into Monday.
- Locally heavy rains possible today through Monday. The main
threat is urban and small stream flooding with a marginal to
slight risk of flash flooding.
- Above average temperatures today, then decreasing to below
average by Monday, then near average remainder of the week.
&&
.SHORT TERM (THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
A cold front is sagging into our area over portions of the southern
Edwards Plateau and Hill Country early this afternoon and is
expected to remain near the northern fringes of our CWA through
tomorrow morning before shifting south across our area Sunday into
Monday. PWATs remain high near the frontal boundary and increase to
over 2 inches across the area as the front moves south tomorrow.
Latest guidance favors scattered showers and storms this afternoon
and evening towards the northern reaches of the CWA and Hill
Country, though some models do have development as far south as
Bexar County. Overnight, development in Central Texas may skim our
northern areas early Sunday morning. The best chances for rain come
Sunday afternoon through Monday as the front enters our area. Don`t
expect a total washout for the holiday weekend as showers and storms
will likely remain scattered. The storms that we do see though may
be efficient rainmakers with slow storm motions or storms could move
over the same locations. This will continue the isolated flooding
threat through Monday with mainly just pockets heavy rain totals.
Isolated locations may see 3-5 inches though amounts will generally
be lesser. WPC has expanded their level 2 of 4 risk today into
tomorrow morning for the most northern portion of the CWA, generally
from a Fredericksburg to Kyle to Giddings line northward. For Sunday
into Monday morning, the level 2 of 4 risk is in place for much of
the CWA. Still believe the main threat will be urban and small
stream type flooding, but will have to watch for any slow or
training storms that could produce flash flooding. The highest
potential for any flash flooding looks to be mid-afternoon Sunday
through Monday afternoon. Considered a flood watch, but with most
widespread activity expected to hold off until tomorrow afternoon
and little agreement in coverage with models have opted to not issue
at this time but will continue to monitor for this potential. In
addition to heavy rain, gusty wind from 40-50 mph will be possible
with the strongest storms.
Hot temperatures and heat index values peak today but a cooling
trend will be seen tomorrow and Monday with increased cloud cover
and rain chances.
&&
.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
South Central Texas will be under northwesterly flow aloft Tuesday
through late week with mid-level ridging to the west and deep
troughing to the east. Tuesday should be mainly dry as the front
continues to shift south out of the area with mainly dry conditions
through the rest of the week. Will have to watch out for some
disturbances in northwest flow or a front late in the period which
return some low rain chances to the area. Temperatures look to
remain near early September averages.
&&
.AVIATION (00Z SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
An outflow boundary has moved south of AUS, bringing gusty north
winds for the next 1-2 hours. We will hang on to the PROB30
group for a little longer, but convection has largely remained
west of I-35. Convection over the Hill Country is expected to
remain far enough west of SAT and SSF, so we will not mention in
the forecast this evening. We will continue to mention some
TEMPO MVFR cigs for the I-35 sites Sunday morning. Convection
chances appear once again on Sunday and will go with PROB30
groups for now, but may have to increase to TEMPO at AUS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry 76 91 73 88 / 30 60 70 60
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 75 91 73 88 / 30 70 60 60
New Braunfels Muni Airport 75 95 73 89 / 20 60 60 70
Burnet Muni Airport 74 87 70 85 / 40 80 70 60
Del Rio Intl Airport 79 99 76 89 / 0 20 60 80
Georgetown Muni Airport 75 89 72 86 / 40 80 70 60
Hondo Muni Airport 74 98 73 89 / 10 30 60 70
San Marcos Muni Airport 75 94 72 89 / 20 60 60 70
La Grange - Fayette Regional 75 90 73 86 / 30 70 60 70
San Antonio Intl Airport 77 97 75 89 / 20 50 60 70
Stinson Muni Airport 78 98 76 90 / 10 40 60 70
&&
.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM...05
AVIATION...Platt
No recent Short Term Forecast (NOW) has been issued for NWS Austin/San Antonio CWA (EWX).
Special Weather Statement Issued: 08/31/2025 04:11:00 AM UTC
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