Much of Texas has been dry to start 2025, and even back as far as the fall of 2024. The worst and longest-lasting drought has been in West Texas. While the drought will certainly not be coming to an end given the extreme and exceptional drought in place, at least some relief is on the way.
The week will start off mainly dry, with only a few spotty thunderstorms in southeast Texas and far South Texas on Monday. Tuesday then looks dry across the entire state, at least during the daylight hours.
An area of low pressure will develop along a stalled front over North Texas on Tuesday night. That will cause rain to develop and the rain can last into Wednesday. However, this will come to an end by Wednesday evening. This will be completely separate from the storm that will affect other portions of Texas beginning Wednesday night.
Rain and thunderstorms will form in Mexico and move into areas around the Rio Grande River and into South Texas by very late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. One of the keys to this storm will be its slow movement, which will allow the rain to fall for an extended period of time…