For the most part, Texas remains in pretty good shape in the moisture department. However, things have been drying out for most of East Texas and for parts of the Panhandle. Right now, the worst area of dryness resides in the eastern part of the state as shown by the Drought Monitor:

While not in terrible shape just yet, some areas could certainly use a drink. Well, they are going to get one starting Friday and lasting through the weekend. The map below shows total rainfall potential ending Tuesday morning. Most of that falls from late Friday through the first half of Monday...

Other models are also lending support to substantial rainfall over East/Southeast Texas, so this looks pretty legit. Some amounts could exceed 4-5", with lighter (but still nice) totals across Central and West Texas. While this doesn't necessarily change our outlook for the winter, this is certainly enough to keep the drought from expanding...at least for areas outside the Panhandle. That is still an area that is getting shorted and will likely continue to get shorted.