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TK’s Austin / South Central Texas Forecast

July 23, 2021March 8, 2013 by troyk

Updated 845am CST.. Friday / 8 March 2013

TODAY…. Morning low clouds and patchy AM fog.. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. High 70 to 74. Southeasterly wind 8 to 18 mph. Rainfall.. where it occurs.. will average only trace amounts.

TONIGHT…. Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. Low 57 to 61. Southeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph. Rainfall.. where it occurs.. will average only trace amounts.

SATURDAY…. Partly to mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of rain. High 72 to 76. South southeasterly wind 8 to 18 mph with some higher gusts in the afternoon. Rainfall.. where it occurs.. will average less than 1/10th of an inch.

SATURDAY NIGHT…. Mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of rain showers and thunderstorms.. the best rain chances will be after midnight. Low 56 to 60. South southeasterly wind 8 to 18 mph. Rainfall.. where it occurs.. will average 1/4 to 1/2 inch.

SUNDAY…. Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of rain showers and thunderstorms as a cold front passes in the morning hours. High 60 to 64 in the early morning hours with temperatures holding in the upper 50s for the remainder of the day in the wake of the front. Southwesterly wind shifting northerly 12 to 22 mph and gusty as the front passes. Rainfall will average 1/2 inch.

SUNDAY NIGHT…. Partly cloudy and cooler. Low 40 to 44. Northerly wind 10 to 20 mph.

MONDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 61 to 65. North northeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph.

MONDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 32 to 36. Easterly wind 4 to 8 mph.

TUESDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 65 to 69. Southeasterly wind 5 to 12 mph.

TUESDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 38 to 42. Southeasterly wind 5 to12 mph.

WEDNESDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 67 to 71. South southeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 44 to 48. Southeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph.

THURSDAY…. Partly cloudy. High 71 to 75. South southeasterly wind 8 to 15 mph.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK
Valid Friday / 15 March 2013 through Thursday / 21 March 2013…
Temperature… Near Average
Precipitation… Near Average

AUSTIN SUNSET/SUNRISE TIMES…..
Sunrise this morning (08 March)…………………………. 6:49 am
Sunset this evening (08 March)………………………….. 6:35 pm
Sunrise Saturday (09 March)……………………………… 6:48 am
Sunset Saturday (09 March)………………………………. 6:36 pm

TK’s Weather Discussion

March 8, 2013 by troyk

Updated 845am CST Friday / 8 March 2013

Clouds and Sprinkles Return to the Area Just in Time for the Weekend …
A Better Chance of Rain by Tomorrow Night into the Sunday …
Strong Cold Front Due in the Early Morning Hours on Sunday …
Cooler Temperatures for Most of Next Week …

On this Friday… a surface high pressure area is over the eastern and southeastern USA. A deepening area of low pressure extends eastward from southern California eastward into Colorado and New Mexico. An associated eastward moving cold front is over southern California. Given this surface pressure pattern, surface winds are southerly across our area of Texas as the low pressure to the west continues to strength.

In the upper levels of the atmosphere, a strong eastward moving upper level low pressure storm system is in the vicinity of Los Angeles. As a result of this upper air wind flow, our upper level winds are strengthening southwesterly with winds over Austin at about 18,500 feet being west northwesterly 30 mph.

The surface high.. to the east of the area.. will continue to move eastward into the southeasterly USA and the western Atlantic as the low pressure area to the west continues to get stronger and approaches us from the west. All this will continue to result in a strengthening southerly wind locally.

Some light rain has developed with a better chance of rain showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow night into Sunday as the atmosphere becomes more unstable and atmospheric lift increases as a cold front approaches and then moves across the area.
The NWS/Storm Prediction Center has areas along and west of the IH35 corridor in a “slight” risk for severe thunderstorms, with the main risks being larger hail and damaging straight line thunderstorm winds for the 12 midnight to 6am time frame Sunday morning.

The cold front will move through the area early Sunday morning with the best chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the 6am to 10am time frame. Current NWS rainfall guidance suggests that we could see around 1/2 to 3/4 inch of rain in the Saturday into Sunday time frame.

Slightly cooler air will prevail along with drier air and plenty of sunshine in the wake of the front for the first half of next week.

Have a good Friday night and Weekend…
Meteorologist Troy Kimmel

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