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Right Now: 55° Cloudy

Saffir-Simpson Scale - Category:
Category One - Minimal
  • Winds: 74-95 mph (64-82 kt or 119-153 km/hr)
  • Storm Surge: Generally 4-5 ft above normal
  • Damage: No real damage to building structures. Damage primarily to unanchored mobile homes, shrubbery, and trees. Some damage to poorly constructed signs. Some coastal road flooding and minor pier damage.


Hurricane Headlines
Jennifer Broome
Jennifer Broome is the StormTracker 4 Chief Meteorologist. Jennifer loves spending time in the community, especially talking to school kids about her greatest passion, weather.
David Mazza
David's wife Crystal is a South Texas native and helped teach him to become more of a Texan -- and expects that one day he will use “y’all” in a sentence, maybe.
Steve Linscomb
Steve Linscomb is the weekend Meteorologist for the News 4 WOAI Storm Tracker.
Siobhain Anders
Siobhain Anders was born and raised right here in San Antonio. She’s a fifth generation Texan and loves to use the phrase “Y’all.”
Weather Almanac

Place: New England
Year: 1798
Event: Heavy snow with high winds; great damage to vessels on coast; many killed. Houses "buried in snow" -- tunnels needed to get out.

Place: Chicago, IL
Year: 1985
Event: November precipitation record: 7.65 inches (old record of 6.95 inches set in 1982). Note: November 1985 ended up with a total of 8.22 inches in city of Chicago.

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