Maybe Another Chance To See The Aurora Tonight!
Rain In The Forecast for Next Week
Temperatures are on the rise once again here in Central Texas. Lots of sunshine ahead for us through the weekend and afternoon temperatures climbing into the mid 80s! But as most things have so far this fall, this heat wave won’t last long as multiple storm systems will move across the country next week and may bring some rain to our area as well as more fall-like temperatures. And if you missed the northern lights last night, you may get another chance to see them tonight…
A massive geomagnetic storm is impacting the earth and is what brought us those spectacular views of the aurora borealis last night. Tonight they may be visible again, although likely not as much so as they were last night. If you cannot see them with the naked eye, try using your phone camera and taking a long exposure shot, you may just catch a glimpse of them. In other space news, the International Space Station will be flying overhead a little after 6pm, and we will definitely be able to see it as it passes across.
We will be off to a bit of a foggy start tomorrow morning, but once that burns off we are looking at a nice clear and warm day. A ridge of high pressure high up in the atmosphere will keep us with these warm and sunny days through the weekend as highs get up into the mid and maybe even upper 80s by the time the weekend rolls around.
The chance to see some rain will start on Tuesday as back-to-back-to-back storm systems move across the U.S. with the first one moving onshore along the Pacific coast tomorrow and slowly working its way east. Confidence about the timing, strength, and potential rainfall totals with these systems is low as model runs cannot seem to make up their mind about where these systems are going and what days they will bring rain to our area, if they do at all. But the chance is certainly there for us to see a good amount of rain next week, although a lot more time will have to pass before we are able to get a good idea of the timing and how strong these storms will be.
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