Burton Fitzsimmons

Morning fog and drizzle again brought headaches for some travelers with dense fog mostly north of Austin at daybreak. Summerlike 90s come back for one day only, with high enough humidity to make it feel as hot as 100 this afternoon!

Skies go from an early fog/drizzle combo to some breaks of sunshine and warm 90s prior to tonight’s cold front. We expect showers and storms to start developing this afternoon northwest.

We’re in for more clouds than sunshine today, a tropical, warm and breezy Thursday full of weather transition. Another cold front drops south through the Lone Star State, arriving here this evening. Our outlook for October: wetter than average!

Sandwiched by two days of rain potential, it appears drier and warmer conditions will rule today with a rain chance lower than 20%. Looking good for some midweek time outdoors!

After starting sunny,clouds built by afternoon ahead of our first cold front of the work week. Not looking to be a very strong player, this front might be just strong enough to generate a few showers and storms (20% rain chance) followed by some cooler north winds.

Tropical rain rates of two to five inches per hour have left parts of Central Texas totally saturated in the last 24 hours, and more FLASH FLOODING is taking place from heavy rains developing this afternoon. ...

Thank goodness for the early September pattern change! Central Texas wide (radar loop), it’s a 50% chance for showers and storms through Friday and a better 60% chance Saturday.

So far, radar estimates nearly 3-4″ has fallen around Wimberly this morning, enough to cover River Road near CR1492 with flowing water. Drivers were diverted. San Marcos picked up at least .07″ ...

Texas blew out Louisiana Monroe 59-20 Saturday night in the first game of the 2009 season, even as light rainshowers fell from time to time at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium as seen in the photo above from ...

You may not smell any smoke, but there’s a chance some of the haze in our skies today comes from those huge wildfires in Los Angeles. Here’s the view from Downtown Austin in the middle of the afternoon.

As seen through the lense of Mike Deep, located at Banana Creek VIP Site, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, via spaceweather.com, the thunderous launch of shuttle Discovery appeared spectacular! Godspeed to the crew on their mission, with greatest hopes for the safest of returns.

We’ll close in on 100 again today, maybe either side of the century mark in your area depending on whether or not more rainshowers develop. It’s a 20% rain, possibly including a few brief but potent storms again. ...

Today’s expected triple-digits will put Austin in a second place tie for the most 100s in a single year, 66, something we haven’t seen in 86 years. We may inch closer to the top spot, 69, next month.

Summer storms produced overnight flash flooding in Paris, just northeast of Dallas, along a “cold” front. As the front sinks south and stalls, there’s a slim 20% chance for showers and ...