A rare summer cold front is expected to reach the depths of Texas this week. It won’t exactly send temperatures in the Alamo City plummeting to fall-like days, but it will offer a slight break from triple-digit heat, with a chance of storms.
The cold front is slated to reach San Antonio by Saturday evening, August 1. As temperatures rise well above 100 degrees, cloud cover and isolated storms could help ease afternoon temperatures slightly.
“Saturday evening into Sunday morning, a frontal boundary is forecast to push across the local area and (produce) isolated to scattered showers and storms,” the National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio office warns. “Can’t rule out a few showers or storms on Sunday across the Hill Country, otherwise, back to dry weather conditions for next week.”
The Weather Channel estimates a roughly 20% chance of storms in San Antonio on Saturday and Sunday. It also said afternoon highs should dip back into the 90s, peaking at 98 degrees on Sunday afternoon.
While it won’t be the kind of cold front that kicks off the early days of fall, this northern front could end a heat advisory expected on Saturday. But it won’t stave off the heat for long, as it’s slated to move out of the region just as the next workweek begins.