...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY... ...COLD RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE... A LARGE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND A COLD AIR MASS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ABUNDANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH...OR BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. COLD RAINS AND SHOWERS WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR MOST AREAS. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS...OR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A PEARSALL TO SAN MARCOS TO LEXINGTON LINE. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD EXPECT DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING BELOW HALF AN INCH WITH SPOTTY 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY PRODUCE SOME GRADUAL RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS AND PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS LOW. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 40S UNTIL THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 30S OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY NIGHT. RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW TUESDAY EVENING OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...WITH A RAIN-SNOW MIX EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST INTO THE HILL COUNTRY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN-SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO BOERNE TO LIBERTY HILL LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ONLY LIGHT SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAYTIME WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN TEXAS. NO FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST...AND GROUND ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE UNLIKELY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER...SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS WEST TEXAS...AND THOSE TRAVELING INTO THAT AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.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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