AUSTIN, Texas — While Texas weather is usually quite a roller coaster, the next seven days in the Austin area are expected to be on the pleasant side, with high temperatures in the 70s and slim rain chances. However, the rest of the U.S. is still experiencing big weather stories.
If you're traveling in the next few days or have family in faraway places, here is what you need to know weather-wise across the country.
Southeast
Widespread rain moved right out of Austin and into Louisiana and the Southeast on Tuesday. Throughout the next 48 hours, southern Alabama, Georgia and especially Florida are expecting rain to take over the area. The Florida Panhandle is anticipating a widespread 2 to 3 inches, with even more possible in localized areas.
Southern Florida rainfall also climbs high, with a possible 4 to 6 inches or more in areas north of Miami. Both northwest and Southern Florida could see issues with flash flooding over the next 72 hours.
California
The wet weather trend continues on the West Coast as California also braces for a period of soaking rain, and snow in the mountains. While rain is always a big deal in California, this next week will probably drop more rain than remnants of Hurricane Hilary did back in late August.
The first wave of widespread rain, and snow for the mountains, will come in Wednesday through Thursday as a low-pressure system in the Pacific stalls offshore. this will give way to small periods of drier weather on Friday.
Another push from that system on Saturday will bring the low pressure onshore, to add more rainfall to the low country, and more snow to the Sierra Nevadas; and as it continues off the the east, snow will blanket the northern Rockies too.
As it has been some time since a large wash of precipitation in California, the rain and snow are seen as beneficial for now. The coastline will track around 3 to 5 inches by the week's end, while statewide rainfall totals will be more like 0.5 to 2 inches.
Tropics
Hurricane season is very close to its end on Nov. 30, but Mother Nature does not have a calendar. So, here we are in mid-November with an area of tropical interest to watch over the next five days.
While overall conditions are expected to help this disturbance organize through the end of the week, it will likely not strengthen into a full-fledged hurricane. Rather, the National Hurricane Center anticipates a tropical depression, which is not as strong. However, it will still have impacts on areas in the Caribbean, especially Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Heavy rainfall will be the main threat. It will begin to impact land by Friday at the earliest.
Tropical watches and warnings may be issued in the aforementioned areas this weekend.
