Weak disturbance heading into the Southern Gulf, tropical development is unlikely at this time, but it's energy and moisture will boost rain chances a bit Saturday in San Antonio. (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS
TROPICS: Watching the Southern Gulf - but low odds of development
SATURDAY SHOWERS: Tropical moisture could briefly bump up rain chance
TEMPERATURES: The same ... Near 100° (it’s that time of year)
FORECAST
Today’s downpours are done now that we lost the energy from the sun, and stray showers are possible the next few afternoons, but the coverage should be very limited. Otherwise, our next best chance (40%) is Saturday morning as tropical moisture and an upper-level disturbance moves into our area.
WATCHING THE GULF
A small, compact tropical wave is currently crossing the Yucatan and will soon emerge into the Gulf. With its current speed, it won’t have much time to work with in order to develop into a depression or storm. Honestly, that’s a good thing. A more disorganized system is often better for our rain chances. Still, with the Gulf waters as warm as they are, some brief development is possible Thursday and Friday. We’ll monitor.
Weak disturbance heading into the Southern Gulf, tropical development is unlikely at this time, but it's energy and moisture will boost rain chances a bit Saturday in San Antonio. (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
WHAT IT MEANS FOR US
The tropical wave will move onshore in deep South Texas on Friday and then quickly move north. Some of that tropical moisture will travel north into our area on Saturday, giving us a window for scattered downpours. We DO NOT expect flooding thanks to the speed of this system and we likely dry out on Sunday.
Rain chances highest (40%) Saturday. (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
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