CHANGES SOON! Well, soon enough...
FINALLY! The signs are there that cold front season is really going to kick into gear over the course of the next week which will not only bring Central Texas a chance for rain, but it’ll also help to kick the exceptionally warm afternoon temperatures to the curb. Two cold fronts are on the way over the course of the next week, yay! Cooler air is set to arrive with both fronts, but we still don’t have a day of cooler-than-average high temperatures in the forecast all the way through the end of the next work week.
For the next three days, there’s really not much of an afternoon temperature change. We will, however, see a big change in the morning temperatures. Today’s morning temperatures will start out in the upper 50s and 60s and then warm into the mid-to-upper 80s late-day with a plethora of sunshine overhead. For the first time all month long, high temperatures this afternoon may be more in the 80s instead of int the 90s! Enjoy the lower humidity we’ll have in place today too, because humidity comes surging back in Thursday and Friday. You’ll notice the humidity change by Friday, but extra clouds should be in place Thursday afternoon which will keep afternoon highs just a touch cooler in the mid-to-near upper 80s late-day.
The push of humidity turns the morning temperatures warmer Friday as we kick off the day in the mid-60s, but afternoon highs will warm back into the upper 80s with heat index values in the lower 90s. The big push of humidity is all thanks to southerly winds returning ahead of a cold front pushing through Saturday afternoon. With the humidity return, morning temperatures Saturday will start out close to 70° and the afternoon highs should surge into the low-to-mid 90s! A cold front will push through Saturday late-day, but the spark for showers and storms may stay just out of our area. There’s a 20% chance for a few late-day showers and storms, but the better storm chances will be in East Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana where some strong storms are possible as the front passes through.
Saturday’s front isn’t going to usher in a long-lasting change, but temperatures will drop from the lower 90s Saturday into the low-to-mid 80s Sunday. A quick return of sourtherly winds Monday will send highs right back into the upper 80s and lower 90s to kick off the work week, but another cold front is set to push into the area next Tuesday! Tuesday should be a breezy day of weather with temperatures warming into the upper 80s, but we won’t have enough moisture in the atmosphere for rain as the front passes through. The better chances for rain will come as another disturbance passes through the state late next week bringing us our first appreciable rain chance since the end of September. If we’re going to see rain next week, the chances should start to climb next Thursday and Friday. By that point, the early week front will already pass through the area, so highs late-week will be cooler in the lower 80s.
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