The heat will peak on Wednesday before a cold front develops on Thursday

Nick Bannin, Kristen Currie, Rich Segal and Jim Spencer

2 days ago

AUSTIN (KXAN) — High temperatures will climb into the upper 80s to near 90 this afternoon, along with plenty of sunshine and a few scattered clouds.

Very isolated storm potential

We have no chance of rain or storms today as the upper limit in the atmosphere remained strong.

Another low chance of storms returns Wednesday afternoon, primarily north and northeast of Austin. These are the areas where the risk of severe weather is 1 or 2 out of 5. There is a much higher chance of rain and storms outside the KXAN viewing area.

Hot and humid air

Everyone will feel the heat and humidity. Temperatures may not reach 90 everywhere today, but most of us will on Wednesday.

In some areas it will feel close to 100°C due to the combination of high temperatures and high dew points (70°C+).

Relief from both the heat and humidity is on the way, but not until later Thursday.

Cold front on Thursday

The arrival of a cold front on Thursday will bring the risk of some widespread storms.

These storms carry a level 2 out of 5 severe weather threat, with large hail and damaging winds once again a concern.

This front will drop temperatures to near 80 on Friday, but you will notice the humidity drop more. The last day of the work week will feel MUCH more pleasant.

Mother’s Day weekend

While it looks dry on Friday and most of Saturday, rain and storms are expected to be rampant across Central Texas from late Saturday through Sunday into early next week. It won’t be wet all day on Mother’s Day Sunday, but the chance of rain will be highest over the next seven days.

In detail: Beneficial rain last week

More than 90,000 acre feet of water were added to Buchanan and Travis. An acre of water is a football field, one foot deep and holds 325,851 gallons. The numbers tell a positive story as nearly 30,000,000 gallons of water have been added to the Highland Lakes.

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