{"id":232226,"date":"2026-04-02T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232226\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:12:14","slug":"parts-of-central-texas-see-over-inch-of-rain-but-more-is-still-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232226\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of Central Texas see over inch of rain, but more is still to come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Today we ended the three-week dry spell with some areas getting over an inch of rain, and it&#8217;s just the opening act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The main event will occur this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">We are tracking another Western Low that will energize the atmosphere and provide enough lift to produce more Springtime downpours and storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The upper low will help force a cold front into Texas to collide with all the warm and humid air to increase the coverage and intensity of rain on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">Since the core of the upper low is so far to the north, we may be spared the severe weather risk. For now, we are just under a marginal risk of heavy rain producing localized flooding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">Much of the area could get another inch of rain, mostly on Saturday. Then the cold front sags southward, pushing the rain threat to our south.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">Winds of change are coming behind the cold front on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">We are trending drier for Easter with temperatures in 50s in the morning and 60s in the afternoon with wind gusts of 15 to 30 mph making it feel even cooler.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The seasonal temps will stay with us for the next seven days as we track another rain machine late next week.<\/p>\n<p>  Weather forecast across Central Texas  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The National Weather Service says rain chances were highest this morning, mainly north of I-10.<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The forecast for the entire region is expected to trend drier as we head into the afternoon, then we&#8217;ll be warm and breezy again with highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s.<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The next peak for rain will be Easter weekend, mostly on Saturday, with chances hitting 70\u201395 percent across the entire region.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">Track your local forecast for the Austin area quickly with the free <a href=\"https:\/\/fox7austin.onelink.me\/ObBw?pid=Web&amp;c=in_article&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox7austin.com%2Fapps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FOX 7 WAPP<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">The design gives you radar, hourly, and 7-day weather information just by scrolling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-10ad7346=\"\">Our weather alerts will warn you early and help you stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>  Current forecast for Thursday, April 2   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ocxcyu41ryjlrmcy.jpg\" alt=\"Austin weather: Storms and rain in the area\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report comes from FOX 7 Austin meteorologist Zack Shields and the National Weather Service<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/weather\/weather-forecast\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Forecast<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-10ad7346=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Today we ended the three-week dry spell with some areas getting over an inch of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,394,216,393,172,443],"class_list":{"0":"post-232226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-travis-county","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-weather","15":"tag-weather-forecast"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}