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FXUS64 KEWX 081048
AFDEWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
548 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 539 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2026
- LOWERING RAIN CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BUT INCREASING
AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND.
- DAYTIME HEAT MAINLY IN THE 90S CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEK WITH
HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING INTO THE 100-105 RANGE FOR MANY
AREAS.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 130 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2026
A WEAK SHEAR AXIS OVER TX IS CONNECTING TWO SYNOPTIC SCALE LOWS,
ONE TO THE SW OVER MEXICO AND THE OTHER TO THE NE OVER THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THESE TWO ANCHORS ARE PULLING OPPOSITE EACH
OTHER, BUT THERE WAS STILL ENOUGH SHEAR AND POOLED MOISTURE TO
GIVE PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE OF RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS S OF
HIGHWAY 90. THIS LOOKS TO BE A SLIGHT OVER ACHIEVEMENT VERSUS
WHAT WAS EXPECTED, AND THIS HAS US LOOKING AT A FEW STRAY COASTAL
SHOWERS OR STORMS IN THE DAYTIME FOR WEDNESDAY DESPITE LOW POPS BY
THE MAJORITY OF SOLUTIONS. WE STILL SAW A GOOD BIT OF HEATING AND
TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN LINE WITH PROJECTIONS DESPITE THE
ADDED CLOUD COVER. THEREFORE, WE SHOULD STILL EXPECT A HEALTHY
DOSE OF SUMMER HEAT FOR TODAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SKIES GET
CLOUD-FILLED OR NOT.
THURSDAY WILL ALSO REFLECT THE STEADY HOT DAYS WITH NOT ENOUGH
SHEAR ALOFT TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT RAIN CHANCES. BUT THANKS TO
THE OVERACHIEVING RAIN EVENTS OVER THE SPRING AND SO FAR THIS
SUMMER, THE SUMMER HEAT HAS MOSTLY BEEN CURBED BY WEAKLY DOMINANT
SUBTROPICAL RIDGING OVER TX AND ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE SOIL AND
VEGETATION TO KEEP MOST AREAS AWAY FROM THOSE TRIPLE DIGITS. THE
APPARENT TEMPERATURE ISN'T HOLDING BACK, AND THERE CONTINUE TO BE
DAILY AREAS GETTING INTO THE 100S UP TO 105.
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 130 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2026
FRIDAY STARTS THE TRANSITION TO INCREASING MOISTURE AS A
DISTURBANCE/INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF LIFTS
NORTHWARD AND BRINGS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS BACK
INTO THE PICTURE FOR THE WEEKEND. PWATS WILL SURGE INTO THE
2-2.25" RANGE AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND, AND SOME OF THE MODELS ARE
SHOWING A PRETTY ACTIVE AREA OVER THE EASTERN HALF FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE ADDED MOISTURE, THE SUMMER HEAT ISN'T
EXPECTED TO PULL BACK MUCH, BUT PERHAPS THE AMBIENT TEMPS MIGHT
DIP A FEW DEGREES. MODEL TIMING HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT, LEADING TO
SOME RELATED INCONSISTENCY IN THE MODEL BLENDS. GIVEN THAT THIS
MOISTURE COULD BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER NEW ACTIVITY AT MOST IF NOT
ALL HOURS OF THE DAY, WE'LL MAINLY FAVOR 30 TO 50 TYPE POPS THIS
WEEKEND, AND HOPEFULLY GET BETTER TIMING SIGNALS AS MORE HI RES
AND RAPID REFRESH MODEL DATA COMES INTO THE PICTURE. GOING INTO
THE WORK WEEK THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS, BUT IS CENTERED WELL
NORTH OF TX. THUS WE COULD WIND UP WITH MULTIPLE DAYS OF TROPICAL
RAIN CHANCES OR AT LEAST SOME AIR-MASS DAYTIME CONVECTION GOING
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS REMAIN ON A PLATEAU
WITH MOST AREAS SEEING LOW TO MID 90S.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 539 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2026
PATCHY LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HALF OF THE
REGION ARE CURRENTLY RESULTING IN MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS THE SAN
ANTONIO TERMINALS (KSAT AND KSSF). FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE
TAF PERIOD, THE SKY COVERAGE COULD FLUCTUATE BETWEEN VFR
CONDITIONS WITH SCT LOW CLOUDS AND MVFR WITH BKN TO OVC LOW
CLOUDS. BY MID-MORNING, ALL SITES SHOULD RESUME VFR LEVELS WITH
LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZES. HIGHEST WIND
GUSTS COULD REACH INTO THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES ARE LOWER TODAY BUT THERE
COULD BE A STRAY SHOWER AT TIMES. HOWEVER, LOCATIONS TO THE EAST
IN THE COASTAL PLAINS WOULD BE MOST FAVORED. WITH THIS IN MIND,
CHANCES REMAIN TOO LOW TO INSERT ANY MENTIONS WITHIN THIS TAF
PACKAGE.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 76 97 76 96 / 0 0 0 10
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 76 96 77 95 / 10 0 0 20
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 74 96 75 95 / 10 0 0 30
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 74 95 73 94 / 0 0 0 10
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 76 97 76 96 / 0 0 0 0
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 77 97 76 96 / 0 0 0 10
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 73 94 74 92 / 10 0 0 20
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 74 96 75 95 / 10 0 0 30
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 97 77 95 / 10 10 0 10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 75 94 76 93 / 10 0 0 30
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 75 95 76 93 / 10 0 0 30
EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...18
LONG TERM....18
AVIATION...62
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