As the spring season comes to a close, Texas continues to see quick-moving weather patterns. In the latest forecast, a coastal system moving in from the Gulf could bring rain and storm chances from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and into the Texas Hill Country through next week. Some areas could see isolated activity as early as Wednesday, June 10.
Lower storm chances are appearing in several Texas towns. New Braunfels has a 20% chance of rain on Wednesday night, and National Weather Service data show that most of the greater San Antonio area has a roughly 10% to 15% chance of rain. Areas from South Texas toward the I-35 corridor could see early storm activity.
“Isolated showers and storms can be expected today mainly over the coastal plains into the I-35 corridor,” the NWS Austin-San Antonio office said. “Rain chances trend upward late this weekend into early next week.”
Thunderstorm chances are expected to increase across parts of Texas heading into the weekend as a late-season cold front moves in from the west and a coastal system pushes moisture in from the south. Rain chances could linger across South Texas into early next week.
“It’s definitely a lot more stormy during El Niños in Texas because you’re going to have more low-pressure systems riding along the subtropical jet…” Peyton Simmers, an AccuWeather meteorologist, told MySA. There could be more storms that do come up out of Mexico into Texas that can bring some more showers and thunderstorms along with tropical moisture that can come out of any East Pacific tropical cyclone or hurricane that comes up that can get into Texas and cause some rainfall as well.”
According to the National Weather Service Corpus Christi office, some of the increased moisture could be tied to leftover clouds from Tropical Storm Cristina.
“For the weekend, we’ll be keeping an eye on potential for increased moisture from what will be left over after [Tropical Storm] Cristina moves across the mountains of Central America,” forecasters said. Thunderstorm chances for coastal towns persist through the weekend and into next week.