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Forecasters said this front would likely stall out over Central Texas north of Austin.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we will remain in\u00a0the warm sector, there should be some reduction in temperatures as\u00a0the winds back a little to the southeast,\u201d the weather service said. \u201cThe result will be highs\u00a0in the upper 80s and lower 90s Monday and Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In Austin, Monday and Tuesday should be at least mostly sunny, with daytime temperatures peaking near 89, which would be about 15 degrees warmer than normal but not quite record-setting. Overnight temperatures on both days will drop into the lower 60s, which is closer to normal but still warmer than average for March 23-24.<\/p>\n
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For Texas, the center’s outlook for the next eight to 14 days, which covers the end of March and the Easter holiday weekend, has a high confidence that temperatures will be above normal long-term averages.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWednesday and\u00a0Thursday we will creep back up another few degrees,\u201d the weather service said. \u201cFriday, the winds will shift to the east and southeast which will drop temperatures\u00a0again into the 80s and lower 90s.\u201d<\/p>\n
We have no rain\u00a0chances in the forecast so far for next week.<\/p>\n
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Unseasonable warmth set to linger into April<\/p>\n
The weather service\u2019s Climate Prediction Center provides outlooks two weeks, a month, sometimes even an entire three-month season ahead. It uses probabilities rather than predicting actual data points.<\/p>\n
For Texas, the center’s outlook for the next eight to 14 days, which covers the end of March and the Easter holiday weekend, has a high confidence that temperatures will be above normal long-term averages. Austin, in particular, has a 61% chance of experiencing above-normal temperatures, and only a 6% chance of below-normal temps. Longer-range models, going out three to four weeks, show that unseasonable warmth will linger at least through April 17.<\/p>\n
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Texas has a good chance of above-normal rainfall. \u00a0Austin, at least for the period ending Easter weekend, has a 45% chance of experiencing above-normal rainfall and a 33% chance of near-normal rainfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Climate Prediction Center\/National Weather Service<\/p>\n
While unusually hot seasons seem to be the new normal in Central Texas, as the effects of climate change become more apparent, what about rainfall?<\/p>\n
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The good news is La Ni\u00f1a is diminishing<\/a>. During La\u00a0Ni\u00f1a, or when equatorial waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean become cooler than normal, the naturally occurring phenomenon tends to keep the jet stream farther north. Texas, however, relies on the jet stream to bring us rain-making storms, so La\u00a0Ni\u00f1a tends to translate into warmer and drier seasons. The end of La Ni\u00f1a could mean a return to normal or even beneficial above-normal rainfall.<\/p>\nThe center’s rainfall outlook for the next eight to 14 days, and even for the next\u00a0three to four weeks, shows Texas has a strong chance of above-normal rainfall. \u00a0Austin, at least for the period ending Easter weekend, has a 45% chance of experiencing above-normal rainfall and a 33% chance of near-normal rainfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin temperatures will reach the 90s by 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Blend of Models, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-215300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}