Updated 915am CT – Wednesday / 28 February 2018
… Unsettled Weather Returns with Clouds and Rain Chances …
… Following Frontal Passage, A More Stable Weather Pattern Tomorrow …
… Clouds and Rain Chances Return over the Upcoming Weekend …
… Another Cold Front Due Early Monday …
On the Weather Map…
On the surface map… a northeastward moving warm front extends from southwestern Alabama northwestward into central Arkansas into central Oklahoma. A developing low pressure area is over southwestern Kansas with an associated cold front extending westward into Colorado then southwestward through western New Mexico and northwestern Mexico. As a result of this surface weather pattern, our surface winds are southerly.
On the upper air map… a strong counter clockwise rotating upper air low pressure disturbance is over central and southern Arizona into northwestern Mexico. As a result of the upper air weather pattern, the 30,000 foot winds over our local area are west southwesterly 70 to 80 mph.
What I am Seeing As I Look Ahead…
The warm front moved back northward through the Austin area yesterday afternoon with afternoon high temperatures climbing to unseasonably warm levels (to near 80 F).
Another cold front moves through the area by tonight into early tomorrow, we’ll see rain and thunderstorm activity peak.
Once the front passes by early tomorrow morning, a drier and more stable weather pattern will prevail tomorrow through Friday night.
Another approaching cold front and associated upper air low pressure disturbance, from the west, will pull low level moisture northward again to affect the area by Friday night into Saturday, Sunday and into next week. The front should pass through the area by early next Monday with rain chances decreasing thereafter.
Precipitation over our south central Texas region, over the next seven day period, will average somewhere in the 1/2 to 3/4 inch range with most of it in the overnight hours tonight.
Have a good Wednesday..
Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
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Updated 845am CT… Wednesday / 28 February 2018
TODAY…. Partly to mostly cloudy and warmer with scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms with an associated lightning risk. A 30% chance of rain by afternoon; rainfall, where it occurs, will average 1/4 inch or less. High 79. South southeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph.
TONIGHT…. Cloudy with increasing rain chances. Numerous rain showers and thunderstorms with associated lightning risk as a cold front passes around midnight. Rain chances increases to 60%; where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Turning cooler after midnight. Low 54. Southwesterly wind becoming northerly 5 to 12 mph.
THURSDAY…. Some clouds lingering until sunrise then sunny and less humid. High 67. Northerly wind increasing to 8 to 15 mph.
THURSDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 44. North northeasterly wind 4 to 8 mph.
FRIDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 68. North northeasterly wind becoming east southeasterly 5 to 10 mph by afternoon.
FRIDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear early with increasing low clouds late. Low 48. Light east southeasterly wind.
SATURDAY…. Patchy fog and drizzle early.. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy and more humid. Scattered patches of rain. A few rain showers. A 20% chance of rain; where rainfall occurs, it will average trace amounts. High 68. East southeasterly wind 5 to 10 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT…. Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers and a few thunderstorms with an associated lightning risk. A 30% chance of rain; where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/4 inch or less. Low 55. Southeasterly wind 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY…. Patchy fog early.. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms with an associated lightning risk. A 30% chance of rain, where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/4 inch or less. High 72. South southeasterly wind 5 to 12 mph.
SUNDAY NIGHT…. Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms with an associated lightning risk. A 30% chance of rain; where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/4 inch or less. Low 57. Southeasterly wind 5 to 10 mph.
MONDAY…. Patchy fog early.. otherwise mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms with an associated lightning risk through midday as a cold front passes. Decreasing clouds and less humid in the afternoon. A 40% chance of rain, where rainfall occurs, it will average 1/4 inch. High 68. Southerly wind 5 to 12 mph shifting north northwesterly 8 to 15 mph.
MONDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear and cooler. Low 48. Northerly wind 5 to 12 mph.
TUESDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 68. North northeasterly wind 5 to 10 mph.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK
Valid Wednesday / 07 March 2018 through Tuesday / 13 March 2018…
Temperature… Near to Slightly Below Average
Precipitation… Near to Slightly Below Average
AUSTIN SUNSET/SUNRISE TIMES…..
Sunrise this morning (28 February)………………………………….. 6:59 am
Sunset this evening (28 February)……………………………………. 6:29 pm
Sunrise tomorrow (01 March)…………………………………………… 6:58 am
Sunset tomorrow (01 March)……………………………………………. 6:30 pm