TK’s Austin / South Central Texas Forecast

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Updated 845am CDT.. Monday / 8 April 2013

TODAY…. Morning low clouds and patchy drizzle and fog will give way to a mostly sunny sky. Highs 78 to 82. Southerly wind 10 to 18 mph with some higher gusts.

TONIGHT…. Partly cloudy through 10pm.. then mostly cloudy. Some patchy fog and drizzle developing after midnight. Low 65 to 69. South southeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph with some higher gusts.

TUESDAY…. Morning low clouds and patchy drizzle and fog will give way to a partly cloudy sky. Highs 81 to 85. Southerly wind 10 to 20 mph with some higher gusts.

TUESDAY NIGHT…. Mostly cloudy with an increasing chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after midnight.. a 50% of rain.. as a cold front approaches. Low 64 to 68. South southeasterly wind 10 to 20 mph. Rainfall.. where it occurs.. will average 1/4 inch.

WEDNESDAY…. A mostly cloudy sky through mid morning with a 50% chance of rain showers and thunderstorms as cold front passes overhead. Becoming mostly sunny.. windy and less humid in the afternoon. Highs holding steady in the 60s to near 70. Southwesterly wind shifting northwesterly 15 to 25 mph and gusty. Rainfall.. where it occurs.. will average 1/4 inch.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear and colder. Low 42 to 46. Northerly winds diminishing to 8 to 15 mph.

THURSDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 66 to 70. Northerly wind 8 to 15 mph.

THURSDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 43 to 47. Northeasterly wind 5 to 10 mph.

FRIDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 70 to 74. Northeasterly wind 5 to 12 mph becoming easterly by late afternoon.

FRIDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 50 to 54. Easterly wind 4 to 8 mph.

SATURDAY…. Partly cloudy. High 74 to 78. Easterly wind 5 to 12 mph becoming southeasterly in the afternoon.

SATURDAY NIGHT…. Partly cloudy. Low 55 to 59. South southeasterly wind 5 to 12 mph.

SUNDAY…. Partly cloudy. High 76 to 80. Southerly wind 8 to 15 mph.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK
Valid Monday / 15 April 2013  through Sunday / 12 April 2013…
Temperature… Above Average
Precipitation… Near to Slightly Above Average

AUSTIN SUNSET/SUNRISE TIMES…..
Sunrise this morning (8April)…………………………. 7:12 am
Sunset this evening (8 April)………………………….. 7:54 pm
Sunrise Tuesday (9 April)……………………………… 7:10 am
Sunset Tuesday (9 April)………………………………. 7:55 pm

TK’s Weather Discussion

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Updated 845am CDT Monday / 8 April 2013

Warmer and More Humid into the New Week ….
A Cold Front with a Chance of Thunderstorms for the Middle of the Week ….
Cooler.. Drier and More Stable Weather Pattern Thursday through the Weekend ….

On this Monday….deepening surface low pressure is over southern Utah with another area of low pressure over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. From that second low, a trough. or line.. of low pressure extends southwestward into southern New Mexico and southwest Texas. Surface high pressure is off the east coast of the USA. Given this surface pressure pattern, surface winds are southerly across our area of Texas.

Southerly surface winds have been quite efficient in returning low level moisture back to the area with late night and early morning low clouds with some patchy fog and drizzle. As the surface and upper level low pressure areas.. to our distant west and northwest.. continues to strengthen and move eastward, we’ll see the more humid weather pattern continuing over the next 24 hours.

As the upper level low pressure area out west moves eastward, a surface cold front will move southeastward into Texas by late tomorrow into tomorrow night and will move through the local area in the morning hours on Wednesday. As it approaches tomorrow night into Wednesday, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms with some storms possibly severe.. mainly north and east of Austin. The main risk will be larger hail and damaging straight line thunderstorm wind.

Cooler and drier surface high pressure will settle southeastward into Texas Wednesday night into Thursday.

As surface high pressure moves eastward by late Friday into Friday night into Saturday.. a south southeasterly wind will redevelop with a slow return in low level moisture over the weekend into early next week.

Have a good Monday night and Tuesday…
Meteorologist Troy Kimmel

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