TK’s Austin/SouthCentral Texas Forecast (Tues/10Jan2012)

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TODAY…. Mostly sunny. High 57 to 61. Northwesterly wind 8 to 15 mph.

TONIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 35 to 39. Westerly wind 5 to 10 mph.

WEDNESDAY…. Sunshine and much warmer. High 71 to 75. Southwesterly wind 5 to 12 mph.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…. Partly cloudy. Turning breezy and cooler as a cold front passes in the late evening hours. Low 36 to 40. Southwesterly wind shifting northwesterly 10 to 20 mph with cold frontal passage.

THURSDAY….. Mostly sunny.. breezy and much cooler. High 49 to 53.

THURSDAY NIGHT…. A clear sky. Low 27 to 31.

FRIDAY…. Mostly sunny. High 52 to 56.

FRIDAY NIGHT…. Mostly clear. Low 28 to 32.

SATURDAY…. Partly cloudy. High 59 to 63.

SATURDAY NIGHT…. Partly cloudy. Low 32 to 36.

SUNDAY…. Partly cloudy and more humid. High 62 to 66.

SUNDAY NIGHT…. Partly cloudy. Low 42 to 46.

MONDAY…. Partly cloudy. Turning breezy as a cold front passes around sunrise. High 61 to 65.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK
Valid Tuesday / 17 Jan 2012 through Monday / 23 Jan 2012…
Temperature… Above Average
Precipitation… Below Average

AUSTIN SUNSET/SUNRISE TIMES…..
Sunrise this morning (10 Jan)…………. 7:29 am
Sunset this evening (10 Jan)………….. 5:49 pm
Sunrise Wednesday (11 Jan)…………. 7:29 am
Sunset Wednesday (11 Jan)………….. 5:50 pm

….AUSTIN AREA POLLEN COUNT….
…RECORDED TUESDAY / 10 JANUARY 2012…
(Note: This is the most recent report that has been provided.
This count is updated as provided on weekdays only and is
courtesy of Austin Allergy Associates and Dr. T. Ray Vaughn
and Dr. P. Dennis Dyer)

Molds….. 360 gr/cubic meter (Low) – Down Since Last Reading
Grasses….. 0 gr/cubic meter (Low) – Down Since Last Reading
Weeds…… 0 gr/cubic meter (Low) – Down Since Last Reading
…Breakdown of Weeds:
…None Reported …
Trees…… 219 gr/cubic meter (High) – Down Since Last Reading
…Breakdown of Trees:
…Cedar 219 …

TK’s Weather Discussion (Tues/10Jan2012)

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…. A Clear Sky Returns with Unseasonably Warm Temps for Wednesday …..
…. A Strong Cold Front.. Dry in Nature.. To Move Across The Area Wednesday Night …
…. No Rain in my 7 Day Forecast ….

On this Tuesday… a surface low pressure area is moving eastward from eastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi with a cold front extending southward into the Gulf of Mexico. Surface high pressure.. behind the front.. is situated from the Rockies into west Texas. As a result of this surface pressure pattern, surface winds are northwesterly across our area.

In the upper levels of the atmosphere… a strong upper air low pressure disturbance is moving east northeastward across north central Texas. This disturbance is within a broad west to east upper level wind flow. As a result of this pressure pattern, the upper air winds over our area of Texas are becoming more northwesterly as the upper air low pressure disturbance moves eastward.

The upper level low pressure area.. over north central Texas.. will continue to move east northeastward over the next 24 hours. With this occurring, I expect a mostly clear sky over the next few days with unseasonably warm temperatures Wednesday.

A strong cold front appears in the offing.. again, it looks like a dry system.. for the Wednesday night with much cooler air moving into the area for the latter half of the week. Those much cooler temperatures will be under a clear to partly cloudy sky.

As the surface high.. behind Wednesday night’s front.. moves eastward, we’ll see a return to a south southeasterly wind flow over the weekend.

Another cold front.. again, a dry one.. is slated to move across the area by early next Tuesday morning

My forecast confidence through the remainder of the week is very high. My forecast confidence is high to very high for the upcoming weekend. Forecast confidence.. for early into mid parts of next week.. is medium to high (exact timing of the Tuesday cold front is still a little uncertain).

For Austin and south central Texas… tonight will be clear.  Lows around 38. Westerly winds 5 to 10 mph.  For tomorrow, it’ll be sunny and much warmer. Highs will make it into the 70s. Southwesterly wind 5 to 12 mph.

Have a good Tuesday night and Wednesday…
Meteorologist Troy Kimmel