Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding Concerns in California; Heavy Snow in the Sierra

An atmospheric river will bring heavy rainfall to lower elevations of California this week, and heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada mountains. Flash flooding, some of which may be locally considerable, will be a concern on the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains through Tuesday. Landslides, rockfalls and mudslides are possible in the Southern California mountains. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 4:08:25 am CST

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National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio, TX

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National Weather Service Lake Charles, LA

Dense Fog Advisory

Hazardous Weather Outlook

Warm Again Tomorrow 🌡️

Changes on the Way Late Weekend!

Cold Start Next Week; Warmer By New Year's Eve

Christmas 2025 Among the Warmest On Record

10th Anniversary of the Dec 26th Tornado Outbreak

Christmas night will feature lows in the upper 50s to low 60s with fog and low clouds again in Central Texas. Skies will clear Friday with afternoon temperatures in the 80s areawide, and a few locations out west having a ~20% chance of temperatures greater than 90 degrees. There is a 90% chance of tying/breaking DFW's record high of 83 degrees, and a 40-50% chance of tying/breaking Waco's record of 84 degrees.

Highs Saturday and Sunday will still get into the upper 70s/low 80s before the arrival of a strong cold front brings much cooler air to the region. The front will arrive late afternoon through the evening, with a 20-40% chance of showers east of I-35 as it moves through. Breezy north winds are in store behind the front with lows dropping into the upper 20s to upper 30s Sunday night.

After Sunday's cold front, we'll start the week off with below normal temps Monday and Tuesday, with highs in the 40s and low 50s. Monday night will be the coldest night over the next week lows dropping into the 20s areawide. With such a change from recent weather, make sure you protect sensitive plants! The region should warm back into the mid 50s to mid 60s to finish out 2025.

While neither DFW or Waco broke their record highs of 82 degrees for today, both still rank among the warmest Christmas Days on record. DFW hit 80 degrees, tying with 2016 for the second warmest Christmas ever, while Waco hit 78 degrees, tying it with three other years for the third warmest Christmas.

This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the fatal December 26, 2015 tornado outbreak. 12 tornadoes and 13 fatalities unfortunately occurred, most of which were with the Sunnyvale-Garland-Rowlett EF-4. Only 13 other years have recorded at least 1 tornado in the month of December acorss North and Central Texas, and it ranks 4th for the number of tornadoes in a 24-hour period in December for our area. Learn more about this historic event: weather.gov/fwd/dec26tornadoes