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Heavy Rainfall Continues Today Along the Coast – Arctic Blast Arrives Wednesday-Thursday

Flooding remains a concern today across southeast Texas, mainly for areas along and south of the I-10 corridor with additional moderate to sometimes heavy rainfall continues across the southern half of the state today.  Texas City picked up over 11 inches as of midnight, and the Galveston (Scholes Field) official reporting station recorded 7.65 inches inches yesterday beating their old record of 2.64 inches.  The forecast for today across the region calls for an additional 1-2 inches overall across this region, with pockets of higher rainfall amounts between 3 and 5 inches closer to the coast.  Flash Flood Watches remain in effect through today for much of southeast Texas including the Houston/Galveston metro area, Beaumont and portions of south central Texas in and around San Antonio.

Simulated Radar – Rainfall Forecast through Midnight tonight….

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Best rainfall chances today will be across the southern half of the state with the aforementioned southeast Texas coastal region seeing the highest probability of excessive rainfall today.  The upper level low over northern Mexico responsible for generating our rainfall this weekend will begin to move off to the northeast later tonight.  Its track will take it across southwest, central and north central Texas on Monday which will generate chances for rain further north once again for parts of north, northeast and east Texas overnight tonight and into Monday.  By Tuesday, the rain will have moved well east of the state and we’ll begin to dry out.

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Widespread cloud cover today will impact highs today across much of the state. We’ll likely see some clearing across the panhandle and portions of west and northwest Texas, but everyone else will stay socked in until the upper level low finally moves northeast of us late Monday.

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Once this rain event comes to an end, our next weather story will become the Arctic Front expected to arrive Wednesday. This will bring the coldest air we’ve seen so far this season deep into the state with subfreezing temperatures across the northern half of the state, and freezing temperatures well into south central Texas by Thursday morning.  For the panhandle region, lows in the teens to single digits are expected Friday morning with wind chills near or below zero possible.  Wind Chill Advisories are likely to be issued later this week for this region. Snow during this time period is looking unlikely, but we’ll keep an eye on that in case that changes.  For north Texas, we’ll be looking at lows in the 20s by Thursday morning with wind chills in the teens and 20s throughout the day.  It’s likely that we’ll see some Hard Freeze warnings issued later this week as well.  Make preparations now to protect your home and pipes during this hard freeze.  Also be sure that outdoor pets and livestock have shelter with plenty of blankets or hay and access to unfrozen water and food.

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