Austin Weather Update: Monday's High Climbs to 84.1, Thursday Cools Sharply to 76.8, and Election Day's Drizzle Holds at 54 Percent
The warmest reading of the morning so far, a cooler Thursday than anyone forecast at dawn - and the same damp, manageable Tuesday.
Austin's Monday is warming up faster than the dawn forecast suggested. The station's live weather feed, read Monday morning, November 2, puts the current reading at 69 degrees and overcast (code 3), feeling like 74.4, with Monday's high now revised up to 84.1 - the third straight upward revision of the day, from 82.3 to 83.3 to 84.1. Monday's low is 65.6 and its precipitation chance is just 3 percent.
Election Day's call did not move at all in this update, and the steadiness is itself the news for voters. Tuesday stays coded light drizzle (code 51), with a high of 75, a low of 62 and a precipitation probability of 54 percent - the same figure as the 05:04 file and well below the 71 percent rain chance the desk tracked through the weekend. Travis County vote centers are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; the model still shows a damp edge to the day, not a washout.
The week's one real change is Thursday. Thursday's high has been cut from 82.6 to 76.8 - nearly six degrees cooler - and its code has changed from light drizzle (51) to overcast (3), though its precipitation chance holds at 7 percent. The rest of the week is warm and settled: Wednesday is mainly clear (code 1) at 78.6 with no precipitation chance, Friday is overcast at 77.3, Saturday is overcast at 77.9, and Sunday turns mainly clear at 79.6.
