...GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES... SOME WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RUNOFF FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLOOD PRONE ROADS...AND ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS.

EVEN WITH 11 DAYS LEFT IN JULY... RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO JULY 19TH OF 2007 WAS THE WETTEST AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...THE 2ND WETTEST AT SAN ANTONIO...6TH WETTEST AT DEL RIO...AND THE 10TH WETTEST AT AUSTIN MABRY. THE ABUNDANT SOIL MOISTURE WILL HELP INCREASE RUNOFF FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

DAYTIME HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODERATED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ON THURSDAY AUSTIN MABRY AND DEL RIO OBSERVED THE LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 19TH. THE AVERAGE JULY TEMPERATURE THROUGH JULY 19TH WAS 2 TO 4 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR JULY... AND SO FAR JULY 2007 IS AMONG ONE OF THE COOLER JULYS OF RECORD. FROM JULY 1ST TO 19TH...JULY 2007 WAS SO FAR THE COOLEST AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...A TIE WITH JULY 1868 FOR THE 11TH COOLEST AT AUSTIN MABRY...THE 5TH COOLEST AT SAN ANTONIO...AND 9TH COOLEST JULY SO FAR AT DEL RIO.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.