Austin Thursday Weather: Friday Loses Its Rain Code and Warms to 76, and Election Day's Rain Chance Rises to 47 Percent
Austin's early hours read 70.8 degrees and mostly cloudy on the station's live feed. Thursday stays a drizzle day at 79, but Friday has been rewritten — its rain showers are gone from the code, replaced by overcast skies and a warmer 76 — while Election Day's rain chance climbs to a week-high 47 percent.
Austin is starting Thursday mild and grey: 70.8 degrees in the small hours, feeling like 75.3, under mostly cloudy skies on the station's live weather feed.
Thursday itself holds the line from the last file: drizzle, a high of 79.4, a low of 67.4 and a rain chance of 31 percent — a damp start to the first of early voting's two long days, but not a washout.
Friday is where the forecast changed overnight. The cool, wet day the desk has carried all week — rain showers at 70 degrees — is gone from the code. Friday now reads overcast with a high of 75.6 and a low of 64.5. One caution rides with the warmer number: Friday's rain chance actually rose, from 37 to 48 percent, the second-highest figure of the week. The feed sees the moisture; it just no longer expects it to organize into showers. Saturday stays coded for drizzle at 77.6, its rain chance up to 40 percent, and Sunday — the first day after daylight saving time ends — is overcast, dry and warm at 84, rain chance 2 percent.
Next week, Monday is overcast at 81.9 with a 27 percent rain chance. Tuesday — Election Day, November 3 — remains a drizzle day at 78, and its rain chance has climbed again, to 47 percent, the wettest figure on the board: Austinites voting on the day itself should plan for a damp trip to their precinct. Wednesday clears to sunshine at 80.4, though its rain chance ticked up to 17 percent. The Weather Desk will refine Friday's overcast-versus-showers call in the morning file.
