Cold and cloudy weather following cold frontal passage mid-week will bring a chance for winter precipitation on Wednesday across Central Texas. Areas of sleet, freezing rain, and snow flurries will be possible. In the Del Rio area, winter precipitation will be more reserved for Hill Country, but lower elevations may see trace amounts of freezing or frozen precipitation through the course of the day. 

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UPDATE: While the generalized storm threat remains the same as mentioned below, portions of central Texas including Austin, Killeen, Waco, College Station, and much of Eastern Hill Country and the Texas Triangle have been labeled in an "enhanced" risk for severe weather tonight. The DFW area, San Angelo, Midland, Abilene, and areas just east of Lubbock have also been added to the "Slight" threat zone. 

Original Release:
While severe thunderstorms are rare in Texas during December, they do happen.   On December 26th, 2015. there was a tornado outbreak through North Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, along with strong winds gusts and rain/thunder through much of the state, including Del Rio.  

Currently, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center is forecasting a 15% chance of severe weather (within 25 miles) across the Winter Garden Region, Hill Country, and the Interstate 10 Corridor from Central Texas through the Houston Metroplex. A smaller, 5% chance is forecasted through the majority of the state, leaving out Far West Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. 

Severe weather will generate along and ahead of a surface cold front moving through the state, with slight chances of hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes all possible, and a time frame most likely in the evening.

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Del Rio International Airport registered a peak wind gust of 62 mph mid-day Thursday as a strong cold front traversed the state.  While short-duration wind gusts of this strength are common in and around thunderstorms in the area during storm season, widespread, long-lasting non-convective winds (not associated with thunderstorms) of this caliber to the region are extremely rare. At one point, sustained winds of up to 47 mph were recorded, with gusts to 62 mph. 

​The powerful winds prompted a High Wind Warning and Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service office in New Braunfels, Texas, and caused damage to many properties and infrastructure around Del Rio.  

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UPDATE (11 December): A Fire Weather Watch & Special Weather Statement have been issued by the National Weather Service regarding this event. 

Windy weather is expected Thursday as a strong cold front moves through the state. The Del Rio area could see wind gusts in excess of 50 mph at times during the day from a northwesterly direction. Combined with dormant and dead brush during this season and the windy, dry air accompanying this cold front, elevated to near critical wildfire weather is also expected during the day. Additionally, some blowing dust may be possible. 

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During the most recent rain storm taking place almost entirely on Friday, Del Rio International Airport logged 1.24 inches of accumulation. This is a record rainfall for this date, surpassing last year's record-breaking total of 1.11 inches. The total monthly normal rainfall for December in Del Rio is only 0.65 inches, making this December "wetter than normal".
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An upper-level disturbance combined with a cold front lingering through the area on Friday will cause scattered to widespread rain showers across much of the state. Locally, the Del Rio area will likely accumulate between 1 and 2 inches of rain, while much of Hill Country and the San Antonio area will see 2 to 4 inches of rain - and higher amounts are expected east of the Interstate 35 into East Texas. This amount of rainfall could cause some pockets of minor flooding as significant rainfall during this time of year is not typical.  Improving weather is expected on Saturday. 

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A cold front will drift through the Del Rio area early Monday bringing slightly elevated wind speeds, but the real effects will not be seen until Tuesday and Wednesday as high temperatures hover around 60°F with lows in the low 40's or possibly high 30's under partly to mostly cloudy skies.  A quick rebound is expected on Thursday as an upper-level disturbance moves over the region and brings increasing rain chances, especially in the evening. High temperatures are expected in the high 60's with lows in the mid 50's.  A cold front associated with this disturbance will linger through the area and cause increasingly more showers and thunderstorms on Friday (December 7th), with a strong storm or two possible. This is expected to move out overnight Friday into Saturday. 

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November 2018 finished, as a whole, cooler and drier than normal across the Del Rio area, as recorded at Del Rio International Airport. A monthly high temperature of 85°F was recorded on November 6th, with a monthly low temperature of 25°F on the morning of November 14th. Two days recorded temperatures at or below freezing - the 14th (25°F) and the 15th (32°F).  The overall average temperature across the entire month was 57.7°F - the normal being 60.8°F.  Only 0.06 inches of rain fell during the month, with the normal amount being 0.93 inches. The Climate Prediction Center has forecasted the region to favor a slight chance of being warmer and wetter than normal during the month of December. 

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