{"id":271706,"date":"2026-04-29T18:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/271706\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:55:12","slug":"as-cold-front-nears-large-hail-will-be-possible-in-south-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/271706\/","title":{"rendered":"As cold front nears, large hail will be possible in South Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cold front \u2014 which moved through North Texas on Tuesday night<\/a> \u2014 will continue to trek south Wednesday and bring active weather to parts of Central and South Texas. The front is expected to stall near the San Antonio area by the middle of the day, bringing a slight drop in temperatures as well as a few scattered strong thunderstorms.<\/p>\n

Not everyone will see rain on Wednesday, but active weather will continue into the rest of the week. By Friday, a stronger cold front will arrive,<\/a> leading to an even higher risk of thunderstorms and isolated flooding. Here\u2019s what you should know.<\/p>\n

Another mild and muggy morning is expected in San Antonio on Wednesday, as temperatures will hover in the mid-70s under mostly cloudy skies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a cluster of strong thunderstorms may develop Wednesday morning across the Edwards Plateau and Texas Hill Country. Cities such as Kerrville, Fredericksburg and Llano will see storm chances rise after 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

The latest forecast data shows that storms are trending later for\u00a0San Antonio, which will now see its best rain chances between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m<\/a>. Overall rain chances are about 30%, so many areas will actually stay dry.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service\u2019s Storm Prediction Center has placed much of Central and South Texas, including the San Antonio metro area, under a level 2 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms<\/a>. This means that while storms will remain scattered, some of the activity may be capable of producing large hail and damaging winds.<\/p>\n

Temperatures are expected to stay very warm through the early afternoon, as highs rise into the mid- to upper 80s. The cold front is expected to push through San Antonio by 6-7 p.m., allowing temperatures to drop into the 70s by 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Thursday:\u00a0the front will continue to bring slightly cooler air into the region. Morning lows on Thursday will dip into the upper 60s, before afternoon highs rise into the low to mid-80s. Most of the day will stay dry, but a few scattered showers and storms will become possible by Thursday evening, as the next weather system approaches.<\/p>\n

Showers and thunderstorm chances are expected to increase early Friday, ahead of an approaching surge of cooler air. By the afternoon, storm chances will rise to around 60%-70% in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Rainfall could be heavy, leading to an isolated flood threat. According to the National Blend of Models, an inch to 3 inches of rain is anticipated in the San Antonio area over the next three days. Isolated higher amounts are possible, especially in areas to the north.<\/p>\n

The front also will bring significantly lower temperatures. Friday temps are likely to top out in upper 60s to low 70s, before falling into the mid-50s overnight and into early Saturday. Winds will be very strong Friday as well, with some gusts of up to 40 mph possible.<\/p>\n

Behind the front, cool and quiet weather is expected over the weekend. Highs on Saturday will likely top out in the lower 70s. Then by Sunday, morning temps in the lower 50s will transition to the mid- to upper 70s by the afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cold front \u2014 which moved through North Texas on Tuesday night \u2014 will continue to trek south…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-271706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271706","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=271706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}