Tropical Weather

There are still good odds for rain-starved residents of South Texas and the Hill Country to see relief in the form of tropical disturbances from the Gulf of Mexico.

A tropical disturbance hovering off the lower coast of Texas is expected to move north over southeastern portions of the state sometime later this weekend.

Some scientists are predicting a more active season with more powerful and devastating hurricanes, reminiscent of 2005 or 2020.

Tropical Storm Nicholas is now expected to slowly move over southeastern Texas, eventually making its way to Louisiana over the next two days.

In their most recent prediction, NOAA says there are even greater odds now for an above average hurricane season.

The storm system born in the Bay of Campeche grew into the third tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.

The storm -- officially classified as Invest 91L -- remained a flooding threat as it moved into Central Texas on Saturday.

Named storms have formed in the Atlantic before the official June 1 start of hurricane season in each of the last six years. The National Hurricane Center is discussing starting the season in May.

The remnants of Post-Tropical Cyclone Beta left a drenched but relieved Lone Star State behind on Wednesday. The system that forecasters had worried last week could grow into a hurricane and slam into the Corpus Christi region became little more than a heavy rainmaker for southeastern Texas.