South Texas stays dry Wednesday, but here’s when thunderstorms arrive

The weather pattern across South Texas over the past few weeks has been stagnant to say the least. San Antonio recorded only 0.44 inch of rain during March and hadn’t recorded any rainfall over the past 20 days — a period that ties the longest stretch of dry weather in the city since last November.

That dry streak is likely to end soon, as San Antonio may have multiple chances for showers and thunderstorms over the next several days. The first chance will come early Thursday. Then, after a short break, even higher rain chances arrive over Easter weekend.

Wednesday’s forecast

Before any rain chances come along, Wednesday will be another warm day across the region. Cloudy skies are expected early on, as morning temps are likely to hover in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees.

Clouds will stick around for a large part of the day, but skies will finally turn sunnier by the mid- to late afternoon. Temperatures are expected to top out in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees — which would be about 10 degrees above average for the first day of April…

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