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FXUS64 KEWX 131759
AFDEWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1259 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1241 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
- FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR A GOOD PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
- BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
- DRY WEATHER RETURNS OVER THE WEEKEND.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 1018 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY,
I-35 CORRIDOR, SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS
STARTING AT 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS
TROPICAL MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OVER WEST TEXAS AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING FROM
CENTRAL TEXAS INTO OUR LOCAL AREA. STORM RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA WITH ISOLATED 10
INCHES POSSIBLE. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE FORECAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 159 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
UPPER AIR ANALYSIS THIS EVENING SHOWS A STRONG RIDGE OVER MOST OF
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY WITH A CLOSED HIGH OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. THE 500MB FLOW OVER TEXAS HOWEVER IS FROM THE WEST. THE LOW
LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL
TEXAS. THE AIRMASS OVER OUR CWA HAS RECOVERED FROM SATURDAY'S
CONVECTION AND IS WARM AND MOIST. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS, A TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER TEXAS FROM THE NORTHEAST
DURING THE SHORT TERM. THIS WILL BRING BETTER CHANCES FOR CONVECTION
STARTING TODAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT WE WILL SEE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASE WITH PW VALUES
EXCEEDING TO OVER TWO INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE CWA. THIS WILL LEAD
TO CHANCES FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE SHORT TERM
PERIOD WILL RANGE FROM 1-3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. WPC HAS INCLUDED MOST OF OUR CWA IN THE LEVEL 2 (SLIGHT)
RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE MONDAY RISK IS
MOSTLY FOR THE MONDAY NIGHT PERIOD. A FLOOD WATCH COULD BE ISSUED
LATER TODAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TODAY. WITH CLOUDY
SKIES AND RAIN SHOWERS TUESDAY HIGHS WILL BE COOLER WITH MOST OF THE
CWA NOT REACHING 90.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 159 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
A MID-LEVEL IMPULSE WILL ROTATE SLOWLY AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGH
AND INTERACT WITH THE WARM, MOIST AIRMASS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PW WILL REMAIN UNUSUALLY HIGH,
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. WPC HAS
INCLUDED THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS IN THE
LEVEL 2 (SLIGHT) RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND THE REST OF THE AREA
IN THE LEVEL 1 (MARGINAL) RISK FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. RAINFALL
TOTALS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE 0.5-4 INCHES WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THE LEVEL 2 RISK IS. THERE ALSO BE ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY PERIOD COULD BE 2-6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 8 INCHES. BY
LATE WEEK THE UPPER PATTERN WILL START TO READJUST, BUT STILL BE
SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AND LOW RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OUT WEST
FRIDAY. THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE DRY. WITH ALL OF THE CLOUDINESS AND
RAIN HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER WITH HIGHS NOT REACHING 90
OVER PARTS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND STAYING BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1241 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2026
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY AFTER 21Z. SCATTERED/WIDESPREAD TSRA IS EXPECTED TO
PUSH SOUTH TO THE KAUS AREA LATE AFTERNOON AND KSAT AREA THIS
EVENING, SPREADING WEST TO KDRT BY 09Z. STORMS MAY EVOLVE FROM
SCATTERED TS TO A SOLID LINE/CLUSTER. THIS WILL FOCUS TONIGHT'S
STORM ACTIVITY, BUT ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AGAIN AFTER 12Z. CIG FORECAST IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN DUE TO TS
INFLUENCES, BUT EXPECT A PATCHWORK OF MVFR/VFR CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION AFTER 03Z. FURTHER DEGRADATION TO IFR CIGS
IS POSSIBLE NEAR DRT AFTER 12Z.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 75 87 73 86 / 70 80 60 80
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 87 73 86 / 70 90 60 70
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 75 88 73 86 / 70 70 50 80
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 72 84 70 84 / 70 90 60 80
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 74 86 72 84 / 60 80 70 90
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 73 85 71 86 / 70 90 60 80
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 74 86 72 83 / 70 60 70 80
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 74 88 73 86 / 70 70 60 80
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 75 85 74 86 / 60 80 40 70
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 76 87 74 85 / 60 60 50 80
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 77 88 75 85 / 60 50 50 80
EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FLOOD WATCH FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>219-228.
SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....17
AVIATION...TRAN
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