Thunderstorm chances are shifting into the southern half of Texas today and tonight. Heavy rain and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning are expected. More intense storms may produce large hail and localized damaging wind gusts. The most numerous storms are anticipated this afternoon through the evening hours. Activity will move southeast from the Big Bend and Edwards Plateau through South Texas, Rio Grande Plains, Coastal Bend, and Rio Grande Valley. We’ll see storms end from west to east tonight, with the final activity moving out into the Gulf early Friday morning.
Isolated pop-up thunderstorms are expected across a significant portion of Texas Friday afternoon as northerly winds begin bringing in cooler, less moist air to the state. Severe weather is not anticipated, but cloud-to-ground lightning may occur. We’ll see Friday’s storms dissipate around or shortly after sunset.
An extended period of quiet weather will begin this weekend across Texas as we see a much drier airmass arrive, and our less active weather looks to continue through the first half of the upcoming week. I doubt we’re done with springtime storm mischief, though – and we may see storm chances return beginning Wednesday.
