Another cold front is making its way to South Central Texas and is slated to arrive Friday evening.
After pockets of drizzle & light showers were found Friday morning, a chance for a few storms to pop up arrives with the front this evening, mainly east of San Antonio.
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Here are the main messages you need to know regarding this next storm chance:
- A broken line of storms could fire up in our area as the front moves in between 6 -10 p.m. on Friday. We’ll need to monitor where they develop since this will determine the fine line between who will get rain and who misses out. As of Friday morning, the better chances are just east of San Antonio.
- A low-end chance for our area, but an isolated storm or two could briefly become strong-to-severe. The biggest concern to monitor in this scenario would be strong, gusty winds.
- Overall, keep your Friday night plans, but know that those farther east may need to briefly head inside should storms fire up. Most of us will see a healthy northwest breeze kick up after the front passes by, gusting upwards of 30 mph+ at times.
Further details breaking down the next 18 hours can be found below.
Friday
After a muggy & damp start, the cloud cover aims to break up a bit into the afternoon hours, helping daytime highs climb into the 80s. It also could be a bit breezy throughout the day, with a southeast wind gusting upwards of 25 mph at times.
A stray shower can’t be ruled out this afternoon either before that next storm chance for parts of the area arrives Friday night.
Friday Night Storm Chance
As our next cold front approaches from the west, a line of rain and storms is expected to develop along the boundary somewhere near the San Antonio area.
The biggest question will be where the storms develop as the front moves through. The timeframe that we’ll be keeping our eyes on the radar will generally be in between 6 - 10 p.m. Friday.
Friday morning’s data continues to point towards higher rain chances being just east of San Antonio as the line eventually fills in across our far southern and eastern counties.
*If* we do manage to find the line develop a bit earlier and closer to San Antonio, we may briefly need the umbrella for Friday evening plans. As of Friday morning though, that chance is overall looking pretty low in town.
An Isolated Strong/Severe Storm Possible
While a low-end chance, the Storm Prediction Center still has a chunk of South Central Texas placed in a 1/5 (central) to 2/5 (east) risk for an isolated strong/severe storm to develop as this activity moves through.
The higher severe threat is to our northeast, but should a storm require some extra attention, we’ll primarily be monitoring for instances of strong, gusty winds.
Small hail and a brief spin-up can’t completely be ruled out, but they are of the lower concerns with this round of storms. Lightning may also attempt to send some Friday night plans inside for a bit (especially southeast of San Antonio), so we’ll keep tabs on that as well.
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