


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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117 FXUS64 KEWX 292359 AFDEWX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 659 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Monday night) Issued at 1253 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025 GOES-East total precipitable water loop shows a surge higher precipitable water of around 2 inches has arrived into the Coastal Plains. Model guidance indicates this will continue inland into the inland Coastal Plains, Brush Country, and near San Antonio through the afternoon and evening. Widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms have developed across the Coastal Plains and will continue to spread inland into the above mentioned areas through the afternoon and early evening, with activity diminishing around and after sunset. The higher moisture will continue to spread westward Monday and Monday night, with a piece of mid level forcing breaking off the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry and moving northwest, up the Rio Grande, Monday and Monday night. The moisture and weak forcing will allow for widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening farther west into the area, closer to the Rio Grande and Winter Garden region, with isolated coverage of showers farther east, where influence from the weak ridge just to the east and light concentrations of Saharan dust reside. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday through Sunday) Issued at 1253 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025 Models indicate areas east of I-35 will remain generally under the influence of a weak mid and upper ridge early to mid week. West of the ridge, weak disturbances in the southerly flow aloft will move out of Mexico and into the Rio Grande and southern Edwards Plateau. A continued stream of higher precipitable water air out of the western Gulf will also move into this region. The higher chances (20-40%) for widely scattered showers Tuesday through Friday will be located across the Rio Grande and southern Edwards Plateau, with only a 10- 20% chance farther east. Light concentrations of Saharan dust may linger into Tuesday and possible Wednesday, mainly along and east of I-35, resulting in slightly hazy conditions but no significant restrictions to visibilities or impacts at the surface. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 651 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025 An influx of tropical moisture continues over the area, but an infusion of Saharan dust Monday will increase forecast uncertainty. Convective allowing models show a fair amount of shower activity moving up the Rio Grande Valley to potentially impact DRT/SAT/SSF, but not so much at AUS. The dust could lower VSBY to 6SM along I-35 where the air will be slightly more stable. Mixing later in the day should improve VSBYs some with maybe a light haze. Morning cloudiness will be the largest uncertainty as models differ on whether a low CIG forms at all. Will keep with the persistence trend which is a more cautious approach. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 75 96 75 98 / 0 20 0 10 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 74 95 73 96 / 0 20 10 10 New Braunfels Muni Airport 73 93 72 95 / 10 20 10 10 Burnet Muni Airport 73 93 72 95 / 0 10 10 10 Del Rio Intl Airport 77 96 74 91 / 10 20 30 40 Georgetown Muni Airport 74 94 74 96 / 0 10 0 10 Hondo Muni Airport 73 91 71 90 / 10 30 20 30 San Marcos Muni Airport 73 94 72 95 / 10 20 10 10 La Grange - Fayette Regional 74 92 73 95 / 0 20 0 10 San Antonio Intl Airport 75 93 75 93 / 10 30 10 20 Stinson Muni Airport 74 94 74 93 / 10 30 10 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ Short-Term...76 Long-Term...76 Aviation...18