Weather Insights

Increasing rain chances mid week into the weekend. Cold high pressure that has been over the southern plains the last few days is starting to move eastward while another surge of cold Canadian air is moving across the Midwest toward the SE US this morning. This...

Tropical depression forms over the western Caribbean Sea.  Discussion: Visible satellite images show a developing tropical system off the northeast tip of Honduras with a clearly defined low level circulation and large bursts of deep convection to the south and west...

A cold front currently extending from west of Fort Worth to near Del Rio will sweep across the state today with a drier and cooler air mass moving into the region this afternoon and evening. Not expecting any rainfall with this front with moisture levels fairly meager...

Rafael to move westward over the Gulf of Mexico. Discussion: Radar data from Key West and recent USAF mission indicate that Rafael is moving toward the northwest at 9mph over the southeast Gulf of Mexico. Maximum sustained winds are near 105mph although recent...

Rafael continues to quickly intensify while approaching Cuba Discussion: USAF mission shows the central pressure is falling around 1-2 mb per hour with Rafael now down to 964mb with winds of 100mph. The hurricane is moving toward the northwest at 14mph. An eye feature...

Tropical storm likely to become a hurricane. Discussion: Rafael has developed a defined low level center over the last 24 hours and has been upgraded to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 60mph. Rafael has turned toward the NW at 13mph. Satellite images show...

Flash drought continues to deepen and expand across the state and locally across all of SE TX. After a very wet late spring and early to mid summer, below average rainfall began to appear in August and September and has greatly intensified in October. In fact, no site...