As we get the shortened work week going, we encourage you to be weather aware! Some areas picked up more than three inches of rain during the Labor Day holiday and more is on the way, with potential to slow you down out there on the roadways. The forecast calls for an overall 50% chance of showers & storms today with afternoon highs in the upper 80s to low 90s for most.
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Top Labor Day totals:
3.87" Elroy
3.58" Cedar Creek
3.26" Dripping Springs
2.88" Marble Falls
1.75" Oak Hill
1.69" Taylor
1.63" Downtown
1.53" Buda
1.49" Burnet
1.35" Lake Bastrop
1.33" Driftwood
1.30" Lake Austin
1.14" Spicewood
0.86" Wimberley
0.78" Austin Airport
0.67" Austin-Mabry
0.38" Round Rock
0.32" San Marcos
Incredibly, some 4-9" rain totals have already hit parts of the southern Hill Country and San Antonio area with flash flooding. Be careful if heading south or west!
In the atmosphere aloft, an area of low pressure is located to our west and high pressure is centered to our east. This setup creates a conveyor belt type of effect, drawing abundant moisture into our part of the Lone Star State both from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. The environment will be ripe for more storms especially during the afternoon hours.
Our latest computer models show an early round of rain impacting the Hill Country and areas mainly west of 281, then some hit-or-miss storms are expected to fire up as the day warms up. Most of the activity will die down after sunset, then we might see more pop-up storms in the area tomorrow -- a 40% chance.
At times, some of these storms could be intense, producing lightning and heavy downpours along with strong storm gusts.
The rain chance will remain in the picture all the way through Monday, meaning we could take a good dent out of our 2018 deficit, which currently stands at 4.6".
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Enjoy the weather!
--Chief Meteorologist Burton Fitzsimmons (@Burton_Spectrum)