Three Fronts, Eight Days, One Wacky Central Texas Forecast
BIG weather changes are happening across Central Texas over the course of the next week! Cold front season is in full swing and we’re seeing signs for not only a decent bit of rain moving through with one of the fronts, but we’re also seeing what should be a TRUE fall cold front pushing through just a bit before Halloween dropping temperatures FINALLY close to and even below average! The fronts referenced above are cold fronts number two and three. Cold front number one arrives this morning!
It’s going to be a weird morning for Central Texas with today’s cold front pushing through as we get going. For cities and towns east of I-35, temperatures by sunrise will likely still be in the low-to-mid 70s with sticky humidity hanging around. Near and especially west of I-35? You’re seeing today’s cold front first, so morning temperatures will start out in the 60s and humidity will be MUCH lower. With dry air surging in behind gusty north winds as high as 25 MPH, it’ll be an exceptionally pleasant day of weather. Expect dry air, clear skies, and highs settling in the upper 70s for some and low-to-mid 80s for most! Before the dry air settles in, we could see a stray sprinkle through 9 AM east of I-35.
Today’s cold front will be powerful, yes, but temperatures only briefly drop across Central Texas. Technically, the coolest daytime temperatures will be both today and tomorrow as we settle in the lower 80s, but we’re only expected one dare I say chilly morning! We’re out the door Wednesday with temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s! That’s it though as far as the cooler air from this front goes. Our next cold front is gearing up to move in late Friday, so temperatures will warm back into the mid-to-upper 80s Thursday and into the mid-80s Friday with morning lows starting out in the 60s Thursday and Friday too.
Friday’s cold front isn’t going to bring a huge change in our temperatures, but it’ll be the first high chance for rain we’ve seen all October long (which is supposed to be our second rainiest month of the year). Question marks linger about how slowly this storm system will move through, so we’re monitoring for the potential for localized flooding with multi-inch rainfall totals possible, but this storm system looks to largely just bring us a good, soaking rain. Rain chances are near 50% Friday, starting late afternoon, before jumping to near 80% Friday evening through early Saturday morning. We won’t see continuous rain overnight Friday into Saturday, but it’ll potentially be raining more often than not near and especially east of I-35. Rain will gradually come to a close from west-to-east Saturday morning through midday with us likely drying out before sunset Saturday. Expect a half-inch to inch of rain across the area, at least, with isolated higher totals within any downpours.
Our weekend cold front is the rainfall champion, but it’ll be the next cold front behind that one that’ll really usher in fall air just in time for November! Another cold front pushing through likely Tuesday morning-to-midday will bring our temperatures down below average both in the morning and in the afternoon for a few days. We’ll kick off the work week monday with temperatures in the low-to-mid 80s, but Wednesday and Thursday’s high temperatures will be in the low-to-mid 70s ONLY! Not only that, but we’ll likely see morning temperatures mid-to-late week next week in the upper 40s and lower 50s for a few days. This front is a week away, so there’s a good chance that our temperature forecast is a bit too high! We’ll track that front for you, but it’s about that time to pull out the cold weather gear.
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