Austin Afternoon Weather: Scattered Showers End the Two-Week Dry Spell, Friday's Rain Turns Heavy, and an Election Day Cold Front Follows
Austin's dry spell is over. Scattered showers are moving through Thursday afternoon, the rain builds into a heavy-rain Friday, and the pattern stays unsettled through the weekend before an Election Day cold front sweeps in the autumn chill.
The rain Austin has been waiting on is here. The station's live feed, read Thursday afternoon, shows 74.1 degrees and overcast in the city, feeling like 77.8, with Thursday coded for light drizzle at a 60 percent chance of precipitation and a high of 76.5. FOX 7's Austin forecast puts the day's meaning plainly: the scattered showers, likely until late afternoon, end a two-week dry spell and a nine-day warm streak, as an upper low moving in from West Texas taps leftover moisture from Tropical Storm Vance.
Friday is the main event of this round. The day is coded 65 - heavy rain - with a high of 74.2 degrees, a low of 65 and a 46 percent chance on the feed, and FOX 7 expects the rain to increase in coverage and intensity after a break tonight. Most of the Austin area is in for a half inch to one inch of rain, with slightly higher totals west of the city and over the Hill Country; the flooding risk sits mainly over West Texas, where two to five inches could fall. No severe weather or local flooding is expected - but Friday is also the last day of early voting, and it is the wettest day on the board for voters still holding their ballots.
Saturday stays damp behind it, coded for moderate drizzle at a 50 percent chance with a high of 78.5, before Sunday dries out almost completely - overcast, 84.5 degrees and a 1 percent chance. Monday runs warm at 86.9 with a 25 percent chance.
Election Day Tuesday is the next change, and it is a real one: the day is coded 95 - thunderstorms - with a high of 77.8 and a 47 percent chance, and FOX 7 identifies the driver as a cold front arriving on Election Day, bringing another round of rain and storms followed by autumn chill. Wednesday shows the chill's first day on the feed: mostly clear, a high of just 72.8 and a low of 61.7. All figures are from the station's live Open-Meteo feed, read this cycle; the Election Day code is a forecast five days out and will be re-read every cycle.
