Nick Bannin

The Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center, Dr. Owen Shieh, spoke to KXAN about what that division of the National Weather Service's role and the problems in messaging a high impact, but very localized flooding event.

Posted: Updated: Posted: Updated: SHARE AUSTIN (KXAN) — Partly cloudy skies this afternoon helped push temperatures into the upper 80s and low 90s.

A well-known Hays County swimming hole continues to suffer the consequences of several dry years in a row, combined with water use beyond the inflows.

Posted: Updated: Posted: Updated: SHARE AUSTIN (KXAN) — Widely scattered and slow-moving thunderstorms continue to fade with the loss of daytime heating.

As spring continues on a wetter note, we’re looking ahead to the start of meteorological summer which begins with the start of June.

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Meteorological summer runs from June 1 through the end of August.

Our last El Niño winter was during the winter of 2023-2024.

July is typically one of our hottest and driest months of the year, and the Climate Prediction Center just released its preliminary one-month outlook for next month.

The effects of the incoming Saharan dust have already reached Austin, with more to come.