Plaincast
What the forecast actually says — NWS Area Forecast Discussions, decoded into plain English.
Plaincast decodes the National Weather Service's Area Forecast Discussion — the real forecast, written 3 to 4 times a day by the meteorologist on shift — into plain English. The discussion is where a forecaster explains their reasoning: which models disagree, what they are watching, and how confident they are. Below is the current edition for San Antonio, with its shorthand expanded. The full experience — an AI plain-English summary beside the annotated original — loads with JavaScript, and every one of the 68 forecast offices has its own edition.
Dry weather with temperatures at or above normal through today.
Rain chances return to the Rio Grande plains late tonight, then spread east across the remainder of the region Saturday and Sunday.
Temperatures continue to trend cooler for early next week.
(Today through Saturday) Issued at 1201 AM CST Fri Nov 13 2026
A ridge of high pressure aloft will keep South-Central Texas dry today. The low level flow will become southeasterly this afternoon. High temperatures today will be about the same as Thursday. The southeasterly flow will bring low level moisture up the Rio Grande. A mid to upper level trough will push into the region from the west and interact with the deep layer moisture to bring the beginning of rain chances after midnight tonight. Rain chances will spread from the northwest to the east through the day Saturday. Cloudy skies and rain showers will keep high temperatures down 5-10 degrees lower than today.
This is the plain-text edition, decoded without AI so it loads anywhere. Read the whole San Antonio discussion at /o/EWX/, see what changed since the last one, or open The National Desk for where the weather is today.
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