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Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Update #3
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
600pm CT – Friday / 06 January 2017

.. Clearing Skies Across the Austin Metro and IH35 Corridor ..
.. A Very Hard Freeze In Store Tonight and Again Tomorrow Night ..
.. Remember, Pets, Pipes, Plants and People .. Make Preparations Now ..

As expected.. our skies are clearing rapidly from northwest to southeast across the IH35
corridor. With the clouds dissipating, the Sun having set and the winds decreasing, this leaves
little in the way of atmospheric “insulation.” What little amount of surface heating we saw today
will quickly escape into the evening hours.

With the arctic air mass in place under a clear sky, overnight low temperatures across our area
tonight will fall into the mid and upper teens in outlying low lying areas (mainly west of the IH35
corridor) to 18 to 23 degree range over the rest of the IH35 corridor area with the exception
of the downtown Austin area where lows temperatures will be in the 24 to 27 degrees.

Afternoon highs tomorrow with sunshine will rise only into the 30s.

I expect about the same lows for tomorrow night as tonight. Expect another very hard freeze
across the area.

Sunday’s highs will warm back into the 40s with sunshine.

Bottom line.. make preparations now for a very hard freeze in most areas tonight as well as
tomorrow night.

Keep in mind the pets, pipes, plants and, of course, people.

I’m continuing to monitor…

tk

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Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Update #2
Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel
720am CT – Friday / 06 January 2017

.. Some Light Icing Reported in Areas South and East of the Austin Metro Area ..

As expected.. some very light precipitation has developed in areas southeast of the
Austin metro/IH35 corridor. The very light bands of rain.. oriented southwest to northeast..
are moving northeastward so the bands DO NOT appear to show any northwestward movement
at this time so things are looking OK for the Austin metro.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDot) report some road treatments are ongoing in
parts of Bastrop and Lee Counties as some icing has been reported on bridges and overpasses.
Icing has been reported in the San Antonio metro area as well. In most areas, the surface
temperatures are still well above freezing so icing has not been reported on surface based
roadways.

The upper air low pressure disturbance.. moving west to east to our distant north.. will pass
northeast of the area by later this afternoon into this evening. As that occurs, any precipitation to
our southeast will end and skies will partially clear.

Expect a hard freeze in most areas tonight as well as Saturday (tomorrow) night with lows in most
areas between 23 and 27 degrees.

tk

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Austin / Travis County and South Central Texas Weather Statement #1 Prepared by UT University/Incident Meteorologist Troy Kimmel 1015am CT …

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