Austin Afternoon Weather Update: Wednesday Tops Out Near 81, and Thursday's Rain Chance Rises to 30 Percent Ahead of a Wet Friday
The station's live feed reads 79.8 degrees on Wednesday afternoon, with Wednesday's high eased to near 81, Thursday turning overcast with rain chances up to 30 percent, and Friday still the week's wet day at 46 percent.
Austin's Wednesday afternoon reads warm and mainly clear: 79.8 degrees, feeling like 84.6, on the station's live weather feed. The feed still codes Wednesday for fog, but the day's high has eased since the midday file — now near 81, with a low near 65 and only a 2 percent chance of rain.
Thursday is where the pattern turns. The feed holds Thursday overcast with a high near 83 and a low near 66, and its rain chance has risen from 25 percent at midday to 30 percent in this afternoon's read — the first step toward Friday, which remains the week's wet day: rain, a high of only about 72, a low near 66 and a rain chance of 46 percent.
Halloween weekend still dries out, with one wording change: Saturday's code has shifted from showers to drizzle, with a high near 79, a low near 67 and a 17 percent rain chance. Sunday is warm and dry — overcast, a high near 86 and a rain chance of just 2 percent — a good window for any outdoor plans pushed off the wet end of the week.
Next week opens unsettled again. The feed shows a thunderstorm code for Monday, though Monday's high has cooled in this read from near 88 to near 86, with rain chances at 21 percent, and Tuesday drops to near 76 with rain chances at 38 percent. The Weather Desk files its next full update at 17:00 as the Thursday timing firms up.
