Austin Weather Thursday Evening: 76.9 Degrees and Clear, Friday Holds at 79 Before Saturday's Rain
Thursday topped out at 80 under clear skies. Friday is one more dry, warm day at 79.1 - then the weekend turns: Saturday drizzle at 42 percent and Sunday showers at 57, with highs falling into the 60s.
AUSTIN - Thursday evening in Austin is 76.9 degrees and clear, feeling like 73, on the station's live weather feed - the tail end of a day that reached 80 degrees after a morning low of 55.3, with no precipitation. It is the last fully settled evening of the week.
Friday keeps the pattern for one more day: mostly cloudy in the feed's coding but dry, with a high of 79.1 and a low of 52.7 and a precipitation chance of zero. Anyone with outdoor plans that can move has a clear instruction from the forecast - Friday is the day to use.
The turn arrives Saturday. The feed shows drizzle, a high of just 64.4 degrees against a low of 52.8, and a 42 percent precipitation chance - a drop of nearly 15 degrees from Friday's high. Sunday is wetter still: showers, 66 degrees for a high and 58.2 for a low, and a 57 percent chance. Monday stays cool and unsettled at 60.7 degrees with showers at 36 percent.
The warm-up returns in steps after that: Tuesday is dry and mostly cloudy at 60.8 degrees with a 3 percent rain chance, and Wednesday climbs back to 74 with an 11 percent chance. The weekend's cool, wet stretch is a three-day interruption, not a season change - but Saturday's plans in Austin should be made with rain in them.
