Troy Kimmel Weather

Forecasting Austin and South Central Texas Weather Since 1984

Updated 915am CT – Tuesday / 13 February 2018

… Clouds and Rain Chances Persist Today into Tonight …
… A Break in the Clouds Late Tomorrow into Thursday …
… Cold Front Friday with Clouds and Rain Chances Through the Weekend …

On the Weather Map…

On the surface map… surface high pressure is over the eastern Great Lakes and the northeastern USA with the associated ridge.. or line.. of high pressure southwestward into Texas. As a result of this surface weather pattern, our surface winds are northeasterly.

On the upper air map… within the counter clockwise flow around a broad trough covering the USA, a east southeastward moving upper level low pressure disturbance is over California and Nevada. As a result of the upper air weather pattern, the 30,000 foot winds over our local area are southwesterly 40 to 50 mph.

What I am Seeing As I Look Ahead…

As the upper air low pressure disturbance out west moves slowly east southeastward, the surface cold front out in the Gulf of Mexico, that moved through our area midday on Saturday, is returning back northward in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. As moisture from the Gulf of Mexico flows up and over the surface based colder air (we call it “overrunning”), clouds and rain chances continue across the area into tomorrow. Temperatures will warm back above seasonal averages by tomorrow. The latest NWS Weather Prediction Center guidance suggests 1/4 inch or rain or less for our local area for the time period.

We’ll see another rather brief break in the clouds and rain chances by Thursday.

Another upper air low pressure disturbance and associated surface cold front will move across Texas by Friday into Friday night. Clouds and rain chances will increase as the system passes Friday into Friday night. The clouds and rain chances will persist in the post frontal environment Saturday through Sunday and into the new week with temperatures slowly warming by Sunday into early next week. NWS Weather Prediction Center guidance suggests rainfall during this period will be 1/4 inch or less.

Have a good Tuesday..
Meteorologist Troy Kimmel

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Updated 845am CT… Tuesday / 13 February 2018

TODAY…. Cloudy with a scattered rain showers. A 40% chance of rain; where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/10th inch or less. High 50. North northeasterly wind 4 to 8 mph.

TONIGHT…. Cloudy with scattered rain showers. Patchy fog developing after midnight. A 30% chance of rain; where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/10th inch or less. Low 48. Light northeasterly wind becoming calm late.

WEDNESDAY…. Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy and warmer with widely scattered rain showers. A 20% chance of rain; where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/10th inch or less. High 69. Light wind early becoming south southeasterly and increasing to 5 to 10 mph.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…. Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog developing after midnight. Low 59. South southeasterly wind 4 to 8 mph.

THURSDAY…. Patchy fog in the morning. Becoming partly cloudy and much warmer. High 79. Southerly wind increasing to 8 to 15 mph.

THURSDAY NIGHT…. Becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog developing late. Low 59. Southerly wind 5 to 10 mph.

FRIDAY…. Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers as a cold front passes by midday. A 30% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average 1/4 inch or less. High 63. Southwesterly wind becoming westerly in the morning then north northeasterly 10 to 20 mph by afternoon.

FRIDAY NIGHT…. Cloudy and colder with scattered patches of rain. A 30% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average a few hundredths of an inch. Low 39. Northerly wind 8 to 18 mph.

SATURDAY…. Cloudy and colder with scattered patches of rain. A 40% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average a few hundredths of an inch. High 51. North northeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph.

SATURDAY NIGHT…. Cloudy with scattered patches of rain. A 30% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average a few hundredths of an inch. Low 43. East northeasterly wind becoming light east southeasterly after midnight.

SUNDAY…. Cloudy and a little warmer with a few patches of rain. A 20% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average trace amounts. High 65. Southeasterly wind 4 to 8 mph.

SUNDAY NIGHT…. Mostly cloudy with a few patches of rain. Patchy fog developing late. A 20% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average trace amounts. Low 55. Light south southeasterly wind.

MONDAY…. Cloudy and a little warmer with scattered patches of rain. A 30% chance of rain; where it occurs, it will average a few hundredths of an inch. High 71. Southeasterly wind 4 to 8 mph.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK
Valid Tuesday / 20 February 2018 through Monday / 26 February 2018…
Temperature… Slightly Above Average
Precipitation… Above Average

AUSTIN SUNSET/SUNRISE TIMES…..
Sunrise this morning (13 February)………………………………….. 7:13 am
Sunset this evening (13 February)……………………………………. 6:18 pm
Sunrise tomorrow (14 February)………………………………………. 7:12 am
Sunset tomorrow (14 February)……………………………………….. 6:19 pm