The first half of June in Austin has been dominated by short but disruptive bursts of rainfall, followed by days of steamy, sticky weather. The presence of high atmospheric pressure has meant we’ve had hotter air that also has been extra humid because of all the evaporating moisture.
However, the National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center are watching for certain developments that could shake up Texas weather over the next 48 hours: the weakening effects of the high pressure system, the arrival of a rare summer cold front, and the influence of a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sunday’s forecast
Thanks to abundant atmospheric moisture in South and Central Texas, streamer showers from the Gulf Coast have been forming along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor with the heating of day, producing a quick quarter-inch to a half-inch of rainfall, the weather service said.
“Sunday, we could see more of the same — however, we could see more widespread activity as even higher moisture moves off the Gulf and across the area,” the weather service wrote in a forecast bulletin Saturday…