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KEY MESSAGES

- Chances for rain return beginning overnight Thursday and continue through Friday, with the best chances coming Friday evening. A Marginal Risk for severe weather is in place, a level of 5 threat. Hail and wind will be the main severe hazards, and a tornado cannot be ruled out either.

- Near normal temperatures are expected through the weekend, with highs in the 80s expected.

UPDATE

Issued at 805 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

Current forecast for the rest of tonight remains on track. No changes are expected at this time.

UPDATE Issued at 626 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

The aviation discussion has been updated for the 00Z TAFS.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 203 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

Benign conditions in place this afternoon, with little to note for the rest of the day today besides fair weather cumulus through the afternoon and northwesterly winds gusting up to 20 to 25 miles per hour. Clear skies overnight tonight lead to strong radiative cooling and near-full humidity recovery by early Thursday morning, particularly over the James River Valley. With winds also expected to drop below 5 miles per hour overnight tonight, some pockets for fog can't quite be ruled out at this point. However, confidence is low, and any fog that does manage to develop will likely not be widespread.

The next chances for rain arrive overnight Thursday into Friday, with the best chances (50-70%) coming Friday evening. Severe weather may be possible during that time frame, and a Marginal Risk is in place for the majority of the forecast area. A low pressure center will move into the region and bring a warm front up through the forecast area. Perpendicular to this front, a southerly low-level jet of 40 to 50 knots is also expected to develop, helping to provide forcing for the storms. Anticipating the main severe threat to be hail, with a CAPE/Shear combo of 2000 J/kg and 40-50 knots expected. Also expecting DCAPE values to reach over 1000 J/kg, which along with pockets of low-level lapse rates upwards of 8 C/km will support severe wind as a potential hazard. An early look at tornado chances show some disagreement in the potential Friday evening, but with many high-resolution models yet to encompass the event in their time range, this can be taken with a grain of salt for now. The most likely scenario for which a tornado could develop would be a spinup along the warm front.

Looking into next week, there is some signal for the upper-level ridge to shift eastward at the beginning of the week, allowing for an upper-level low to move into the region. This setup could potentially bring another round of rain to parts of the area, although there is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding this potential. Latest ensemble guidance peaks around a roughly 25 percent chance of rain Monday morning. An early look at model soundings also show a somewhat limited concern for severe weather potential at this point. As always with the extended forecast, there is plenty of time for things to change on way or the other and for confidence to increase as we move closer to next week.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 626 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026

Terminals KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the next 24 hours.

ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

SD...None. MN...None.