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Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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403 FXUS64 KEWX 151040 AFDEWX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 540 AM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Monday) Issued at 201 AM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Key messages: - Low chances of rain each day, a few strong storms and locally heavy rains possible today - Seasonable temperatures with elevated heat index values Subtropical ridging centered over New Mexico into northern Mexico and troughing off the Texas coast overlay a moist south to southeasterly lower level flow off the Gulf of America. Heating and the seabreeze will generate isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms from the Coastal Plains this morning to the I-35 corridor this afternoon. Another possible forcing mechanism is an outflow boundary from storms over Oklahoma early this morning and other storms over northern Texas this afternoon. The more reliable Hi-Res models show this boundary moving south across our area later this afternoon into evening due to a favorable northerly flow aloft. It would generate showers and thunderstorms over the Hill Country to across the I-35 corridor to near the Coastal Plains. Forecast soundings show strong instability, however mid level lapse rates and lower level shear are marginal. A few strong storms are possible with gusty winds the main threat. However, cannot rule out a severe storm or two. In addition, locally heavy rains are possible due to moisture levels around 150% of seasonal averages. Slightly stronger Subtropical ridging and associated subsidence on Monday will keep low chances of showers and thunderstorms closer to the Coastal Plains. Evapotranspiration from our moist soils and vegetation due to our recent rains results in near average temperatures and mildly elevated afternoon heat index values each day. && .LONG TERM... (Monday night through Saturday) Issued at 201 AM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025 Key Messages: - Dry weather with near normal temperatures until mid-week. - Thunderstorm chances will return for the latter part of the week. A mid to upper level ridge will build farther to the east at the start of the long term period. Subsident flow around this ridge will suppress most convection Tuesday and Wednesday. We will carry a small area of slight chance POPs over the southeast Wednesday afternoon, but the weather will most likely remain dry. Temperatures may climb a degree or two during this time, but will still be close to normal. However, southeasterly low level flow will keep dewpoints in the upper 60s and lower 70s making heat indices 100 to 105 each afternoon. Thursday an inverted trough will move into TX from the Gulf weakening the upper ridge. This should allow afternoon convection to move in from the coast across the Coastal Plains and into the Hill Country. This unsettled pattern will continue each afternoon Thursday through Saturday. At this time any convection looks ordinary with only isolated moderate rainfall, but given the time of year an occasional strong storm wouldn`t be shocking. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 540 AM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025 MVFR CIGs mix to VFR by midday today. SHRA/TSRA develop with heating or from a southward moving boundary this afternoon into early evening. Have maintained PROB30s at the I-35 sites. Brief reductions to CIGs/VSBYs are possible in SHRA/TSRA. MVFR CIGs return tonight, then mix to VFR by midday Monday. S to SE winds prevail becoming breezy with mixing daytime through evening hours. VRBL wind directions with gusts to 40 KTs are possible near SHRA/TSRA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 95 75 95 75 / 40 20 10 0 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 95 75 95 75 / 40 20 10 0 New Braunfels Muni Airport 93 74 94 73 / 40 20 10 0 Burnet Muni Airport 93 73 94 73 / 40 10 10 0 Del Rio Intl Airport 100 78 102 78 / 0 0 0 0 Georgetown Muni Airport 94 75 95 75 / 40 20 10 0 Hondo Muni Airport 95 74 95 73 / 40 20 10 0 San Marcos Muni Airport 93 74 94 74 / 40 20 10 0 La Grange - Fayette Regional 90 75 91 75 / 50 20 20 0 San Antonio Intl Airport 94 75 94 75 / 40 20 10 0 Stinson Muni Airport 95 77 95 75 / 40 20 10 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ Short-Term...04 Long-Term...05 Aviation...04