Flip, flop, flip, flop, flip, flop

What will be a mostly inconsequential cold front (well, outside of a notable temperature change) just can’t make up it’s mind about when it wants to move through! A big shot of colder air is set to surge into the Midwest and Northeastern U.S. tomorrow and Saturday bringing many states a significant temperature drop. That same front will push through Central Texas too. Previously, it looked like the front would move through Saturday, then Friday, and now it’s back to Saturday again which means there should be a drastic change in the temperatures from Saturday to Sunday.

Ahead of the weekend cold front, Central Texas’ morning temperatures continue the flip floppin’. We were out the door in the 30s Monday and Tuesday morning and in the 40s and lower 50s Wednesday. Thanks to yesterday’s cold front, we are out the door in the chilly mid-30s this morning. Don’t get caught off guard by the cold morning because we’re warming right back into the mid-to-upper 60s this afternoon giving us a pleasant end to the day. Ahead of Saturday’s cold front, we’re warming those morning temperatures right back up into the mid-40s Friday before settling in the low 70s late day.

Despite a shift in the wind from south to north Friday afternoon, no big change in the weather will be seen from that wind shift. Well, at least not yet. Afternoon highs on Saturday will drop into the mid-to-upper 60s, but an arriving late-day cold front will briefly open the door to Canada. Morning lows in the upper 30s and lower 40s Sunday morning will only warm into the upper 40s and lower 50s late-day with morning clouds giving way to partial afternoon sunshine. There is a chance for a stray few light sprinkles late Saturday and Sunday with the front passing through, but no measurable rain should fall and precipitation should be few and far between.

This weekend’s front is a notable one for the big temperature drop, but the bottom of the temperature barrel is Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. We’re kicking off the morning Monday near freezing in the low-to-mid 30s, but partly cloudy skies again will only allow highs to warm into the low-to-mid 50s. A big push of humidity arrives late Monday night into Tuesday. Earlier this week, it seemed like we’d see some scattered rain Tuesday into Wednesday, but rain chances have slipped to 20%. Unfortunately, Tuesday remains our best opportunity for rain until maybe the days leading into Christmas and we are well on our way to another two plus week dry spell! September, October, November, and now December have all featured such a stretch. The last time before September that we’ve seen a two-week stretch without any precipitation was from November 20th 2024 to December 3rd 2024. Not only that, but we also had a four week stretch without measurable precipitation from September 25th to October 23rd.

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