Early taste of Summer heat and humidity

The warmth and humidity will continue to rise ahead of our next cold front. Temperatures are forecast to stay around 5 to 10° ABOVE normal until our temperatures finally cool off this weekend. In fact, we look like we could be around 10 to 15° COOLER than normal by Sunday. Now, until those changes arrive, get ready for 2 more warm and very sticky days. Mostly cloudy skies are expected to continue for Wednesday. Look for a warm and MUGGY morning with lows only down into the low 70s for the commute. Thanks to extra cloud cover, that should help keep high temperatures around the low to mid 80s for most of Central Texas, but some of our western areas could possibly reach into the upper 80s if a little more sun shines… But once you factor in the humidity for ALL of Central Texas - We’ll be feeling more like the low 90s and maybe even some mid 90s out west for the afternoon. We’ll also monitor dryline driven storms that could fire up out west Wednesday afternoon. Right now, most in Central Texas will miss out on any storm activity, but areas west of HWY 281 could possibly see a weakening storm move in throughout the evening. Unfortunately, our temperatures and humidity continue to climb for Thursday ahead of our next cold front. Thursday is going to be the hottest day of the week, and possibly the hottest day for most of Central Texas so far this year. Highs Thursday afternoon will soar into the upper 80s east to near the mid 90s west… And then factor in the humidity and it’ll feel even hotter. We’re definitely going to get an early taste of summer before a cold front moves in and brings changes to the weather here in Central Texas for the weekend.

As a cold front moves into Central Texas Thursday scattered showers and storms are forecast to arrive. Storm timing looks to take place after 4PM with activity winding down before midnight. Now, during the afternoon and evening hours Thursday, some of the activity could become strong to severe with large hail and gusty winds being the main dangers. The overall better chance for severe storms will stay to our north/northeast and here in Central Texas, coverage will remain scattered, meaning not everyone is forecast to see rain. We’ll go from highs to around 90° on Thursday, to back down to around 80° on Friday thanks to a weak cold front. There could be a few showers on Friday, but most will remain rain-free closing out the work week. A secondary “front” will send us a much more noticeable push of colder air over the weekend. Temperatures are forecast to tumble throughout the latter part of the day Saturday. Highs should be in the 70s - But will be colder the further north you travel and warmer the further south. Highs look to fall back down into the mid 60s for Sunday afternoon with breezy northerly winds making it feel even cooler out!

Thanks to that secondary front passing through over the weekend, we’ll see another shot at showers and storms. Rain chances increase throughout the day on Saturday with the best chance for storms arriving during the afternoon and continuing through the overnight hours and possibly lingering into Sunday morning. A few strong storms will be possible, but we’re mostly going to be concerned with the heavy rainfall threat. Widespread rain amounts between 1 to 2 inches is looking possible, with maybe even isolated higher amounts, especially for the northern half of Central Texas. We’ll continue to monitor our storm potential for Saturday afternoon and night and bring you the latest updates. Looking ahead into next week real quick, after a cooler start to the work week on Monday (highs in the low 70s) - breezy south winds will start a warming trend and we’re back into the 80s by the middle of the week with increasing clouds and humidity and possibly more rain chances. More on that to come!

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