Austin Wednesday Showers: The Rain Chance Has Risen to 28 Percent, With a High Near 76 and a Cooler Night Ahead
Tuesday evening is clear and 80 in Austin, but the station's live feed now puts Wednesday's shower probability at 28 percent — up from 16 percent on the afternoon feed — with the high slipping to about 76 and the low to near 63.
Austin's Tuesday evening is clear and warm — 80.2 degrees at the station's live feed, feeling like 78.8, at the close of a day that topped out at 83.1 — but Wednesday turns, according to the station's Open-Meteo feed read this evening. Showers (weather code 82) are in Wednesday's forecast with a high of 75.6 and a low of 62.7.
The number that moved is the rain chance. Wednesday's precipitation probability now reads 28 percent, up from the 16 percent the afternoon feed carried when the Weather Desk filed its earlier evening story — a meaningful firming-up of the shower forecast, though still short of a washout. Wednesday night's low near 63 is also cooler than the afternoon feed suggested.
The rest of the week, as the feed prints it: Thursday brings drizzle (code 51) at 74.8 with a 13 percent precipitation probability; Friday is overcast at 77.1 (21 percent); Saturday warms to 82.6 under overcast skies (12 percent); Sunday jumps to 88.9 with drizzle possible (4 percent); and Monday returns to showers (code 81) and a high of 91, with a 21 percent precipitation probability.
For Wednesday commuters, the practical read is the desk's standing one: showers are likely enough to plan around — an umbrella and a few extra minutes — on a day about seven degrees cooler than Tuesday, before the late-week warm-up rebuilds toward 90 by Monday.
