...STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE RAIN AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO SOUTH TEXAS NEXT WEEK... SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL RETURN TO SOUTH TEXAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT...WITH AREAS OF RAIN EXPECTED TO FORM BEHIND THE FRONT. COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT...AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF RAIN ARE LIKELY...WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH TEXAS. AFTER MORNING LOWS MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S TUESDAY MORNING...HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL HAVE TROUBLE BREAKING THE 50 DEGREE BARRIER OVER MANY LOCATIONS...AS CLOUDS AND RAIN-COOLED AIR IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING. RAINFALL TOTALS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...WITH AVERAGE AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME MINOR RISES IN RIVERS AND CREEKS...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME SINCE THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA RATHER QUICKLY AND THE REMAINDER OF THE RAIN WILL BE SPREAD OUT SUFFICIENTLY IN TIME TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING UNLIKELY. DRIER AIR WILL FINALLY MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH MORNING LOWS WEDNESDAY MAINLY IN THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE FROM NEAR 60 TO THE LOWER 60S.Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.
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