Record Heat Today ahead of STRONG cold front
Good Evening, Folks!
What a roller coaster
ride this week has been so far. We approached the top of the roller coaster
today with a new record high temperature of 99°F at Austin’s Camp Mabry beating
the previous record of 97°F set back in 1926. Austin Bergstrom International Airport
also crushed their previous record high of 93°F set back in 2014 by 4 degrees
coming in at 97°F this afternoon.
Today’s summer-like
heat is about to take a big drop for our Friday as an unseasonably strong cold
front sweeps through the area early tomorrow morning.
Current Temperatures across the southern Plains (as of 6:45 pm Thursday)
The leading edge of the
colder air is currently approaching the I-20 corridor in northwest Texas and
has prompted the Storm Prediction Center to issue a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
for portions of north and north central Texas, including the DFW Metroplex,
until 1:00 AM CDT Friday. The biggest threats from the storms that develop in
those areas this evening and early Friday morning will be scattered large hail
and isolated very large hail events up to 2 inches in diameter along with
scattered damaging winds gusts to 70 mph. By the time those storms reach
central Texas early Friday morning, the storms should be below severe levels,
but one or two strong storms cannot be ruled out (especially north and west of
Austin).
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Counties shaded in
yellow on the map below are included in the SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH until
1:00 AM CDT Friday…a watch means conditions are favorable for the development
of severe weather…a warning means severe weather is imminent and/or occurring
and that it is time to seek shelter
Cold Front Timeline
According to high
resolution forecast model data, the front will be moving into the far
northwestern Hill Country between midnight and 1 a.m. with showers and
thunderstorms and moving into the Austin Metro Area between 3:30-4:30 a.m.
Friday morning with gusty winds, scattered showers and thunderstorms and
rapidly falling temperatures. By 7 a.m. the leading edge of the cold front will
be south of San Antonio and pushing south southeast towards the extreme
northwest portions of the Houston Metro Area. Rain may stick around behind the
front through noon Friday. High temperatures Friday will occur early Friday
morning and drop drastically behind the front into the 40s and 50s across the
area. Afternoon highs on Friday will struggle to rebound into the mid to upper
50s in Austin with cloudy skies, rain showers (in the morning), and gusty north
winds will make it feel like it’s in the 40s!
1:00 a.m. Friday
(forecast radar/forecast surface temperatures)
4:00 a.m. Friday (forecast
radar/forecast surface temperatures)
7:00 a.m. Friday (forecast
radar/forecast surface temperatures)
9:00 a.m. Friday (forecast
radar/forecast surface temperatures)
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