The weather in San Antonio is set to provide residents with a mix of partly sunny skies and scattered chances of rain as we approach the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Today, there's a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms cropping up after 1 pm, amidst partly sunny conditions and a high near 86 degrees. Winds are expected to blow from the east at a gentle 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight, San Antonio residents should anticipate a continuing slight chance of precipitation, with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7 pm, giving way to partly cloudy skies and a low around 73 degrees. All this under the suspension of an easterly breeze, which too will move at a speed of 5 to 10 mph. The heat will intensify tomorrow, with highs touching near 90, while the heat index could soar as high as 101. Thursday's winds will be light, boasting a southeast flow around 5 mph, and the chance of rain will persist post-lunchtime.
Moving into Friday, there's no letting up of the 20 percent rain chance in the afternoon, while skies are expected to be predominantly cloudy, constraining the high to around 86 degrees. Light winds will continue, this time from a north-northeasterly direction at about 5 mph. Friday night should round out the day with mostly cloudy conditions and lows falling to the vicinity of 71 degrees, as reported by the National Weather Service.
The pattern is pretty consistent as the week winds down. Saturday sticks to the script, serving a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and a high close to 86 degrees. Residents will feel a northeast wind near 5 mph, calming down as the day comes to an end. By Sunday, the clouds should part considerably, offering mostly sunny weather and a high stepping up to around 91 degrees, with light winds becoming southerly in the afternoon.
Looking into next week, San Antonio's forecast hints at climbing temperatures and continuing patchy rain probabilities. Monday's high could rise to near 93 with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, while Tuesday could top out near 95 degrees under mostly sunny skies, still accompanied by that perpetual 20 percent likelihood of rain.
