A wet stretch is on the way for North and Central Texas as widespread showers and thunderstorms return Friday night into Saturday. If you’re planning a Valentine’s Day outing, be prepared for a soggy one—rain will be common across the region, with most areas picking up 0.5″ to 1.5″ of rainfall. A few isolated storms on Saturday could become briefly strong, producing small hail and gusty winds, but the overall severe threat remains low. All rain shifts east by early Sunday morning.

Today brings a warm and pleasant setup ahead of the incoming system. Afternoon highs reach the mid to upper 70s, with a few western locations pushing into the low 80s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows settling into the 50s.

Once the weekend system clears late Saturday night, Sunday turns mild, sunny, and rain‑free. A warming trend continues into midweek, with highs climbing back into the upper 70s and low 80s under persistent dry weather.

Across the Austin and San Antonio corridor, partly cloudy skies dominate this afternoon with highs ranging from the mid 70s to lower 80s. Tonight brings dry and somewhat cool conditions. By Friday morning, a mix of high and low clouds spreads across South‑Central Texas—low clouds near the Rio Grande, and thin, wispy high clouds elsewhere.

Rain chances increase Friday night into Saturday as the same upper‑level system moves through. Conditions dry out again on Sunday and remain warm and quiet into the workweek, with above‑normal temperatures returning.

The Weather Prediction Center highlights a progressive upper‑level pattern unfolding across the country, with a deepening western U.S. trough and a ridge building over the central Plains. A developing surface low over the Southwest will move into the southern and central Plains Friday before lifting into the Mississippi Valley on Saturday. This setup draws Gulf moisture northward, boosting precipitation chances from the Southern Rockies through the South/Central Plains and into the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys. A Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall has been outlined for parts of the Southern Plains on Friday, along with a Marginal Risk for severe storms in west Texas where large hail is possible .

Farther north, post‑frontal cold air continues to generate lake‑enhanced snow across the Great Lakes today into early Friday, with additional snow bands possible Friday night into the Appalachians and New England. Light to moderate accumulations are expected, with higher totals in elevated terrain. Meanwhile, Pacific moisture brings light to moderate snow to the Cascades and interior West through Saturday.

Temperatures remain well above normal across much of the central and southern U.S., running 15–30 degrees above average, with highs in the 60s and 70s. The West stays in the 50s and 60s, while the Northeast holds in the 30s and 40s.

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