Stormy & Cooler Weather Here for the Weekend
Our cooling trend has kicked off today behind Thursday’s cold front. We dealt with very warm and extremely muggy conditions for the majority of the work week, but thankfully we finally got some relief from those early summer-like conditions today, and we’ll actually continue to see temperatures take a tumble for the rest of the weekend too. Another important thing to know for the weekend is that we have more rain and storms heading our way. In fact, Saturday is looking like it’s going to be a rather wet and cool day across Central Texas. If you have any outdoor plans scheduled for Saturday, you’ll definitely want a backup indoor plan ready to go. Widespread showers and a few thunderstorms are expected to sweep west to east across Central Texas throughout the day Saturday, with rain exiting west to east as we head into Sunday morning. Now, it WON”T be raining all day long, but waves of rain, some heavy at times, can be expected throughout your Saturday, with the best coverage of rain arriving Saturday afternoon into the overnight hours, before we begin to dry out for our Sunday. Outside of rain chances Saturday, expect the gloom to continue as mostly cloudy skies will hang around. The good news is that our severe weather threat is low with this weekend’s round of rain and storms. Now, we can’t rule out an isolated stronger storm that could produce hail and gusty winds, but the widespread concern will be the pockets of heavy rain that’ll be mixing in across our area - Which could create some flooding in localized spots. Rain totals look to range from 0.5″ to 1.5″ with isolated higher amounts possible!
The other story for this weekend besides the rain is the MAJOR cool down we’re expecting. We had highs about 10° above normal towards the end of the work week, to now having highs nearly 20° below normal for the weekend! Saturday morning temperatures look like they’ll be down into the upper 50s to mid 60s. With rain and clouds around throughout the day, along with breezy north/northeasterly winds, temperatures won’t warm up much. Afternoon temperatures look like they’ll only warm into the low to mid 60s, although some upper 60s could be possible. Sunday morning will start off a little chilly down into the upper 40s to low 50s. Even with no rain in the forecast for Sunday afternoon and sunshine returning, persistent and breezy northerly winds will keep things feeling chilly all day long. Highs for Sunday look to only warm into the low to mid 60s! If you’re a fan of the cooler weather, you’ll definitely want to soak it up… Because we have another warming trend and increase in humidity heading our way for next week!
We’ll kick off the new work week with some unseasonably cool and pleasant weather! The morning commute will be chilly down into the mid 40s to around 50°. Afternoon highs will be in the upper 60s and low 70s… But again, the spring-time warmth and humidity will quickly build back in as breezy south/southeast winds return to Central Texas. Morning temperatures jump back into the mid to upper 50s by Tuesday morning with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s for the afternoon. The warm up and increase in humidity will continue every day through the work week… Which also means we’re expecting more cloud cover to return too. Highs will be back into the low to mid 80s Wednesday through Friday, and could possibly push into the mid to upper 80s by the following weekend… Morning lows will also be back into the mid 60s to around 70° throughout much of next week. Thanks to the increase in humidity and storm systems sweeping across the nation, our weather pattern looks to turn more active as rain and storm chances begin to increase late in the week and could stick around into next weekend.
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