Austin Thursday Weather: Drizzle Is Back in the Code at 79 Degrees, Friday's Showers Hold at 70 and Election Day Turns to Drizzle
Austin's early hours read 69.8 degrees and overcast on the station's live feed. Thursday now codes for drizzle at 79, Friday stays the cool wet day at 70, and Election Day's thunderstorm code has eased to drizzle — though its rain chance still leads the week at 44 percent.
Austin is starting Thursday mild and grey: 69.8 degrees in the small hours, feeling like 74.5, under overcast skies on the station's live weather feed — and the day ahead has changed its character since the overnight file.
Thursday now codes for drizzle rather than plain overcast, with a high of 79.4, a low of 66.5 and a rain chance of 32 percent. It is not a washout code — drizzle is the lightest rain the feed calls — but Austinites heading out for the first of early voting's two long days should expect a damp feel rather than the dry grey of the last forecast.
Friday remains the week's cool, wet turn: rain showers, a high of just 70.5 and a low near 65, with a 37 percent rain chance, on the final day of early voting and the day before Halloween. Saturday is coded for drizzle at 77.6 with a 37 percent chance, and Sunday — the first day after daylight saving time ends — is overcast and essentially dry, high 84, rain chance 2 percent.
Next week has been rewritten at both ends. Monday, which the last file had hot and showery at 87.8, is now overcast at 81.9 with a 24 percent rain chance. Tuesday — Election Day, November 3 — has lost its thunderstorm code and now calls for drizzle, with a high of 78 and a rain chance of 44 percent, still the wettest figure on the board. Wednesday clears to sunshine at 80.4. The Weather Desk will refine Thursday's drizzle timing in the morning file.
