\u201cmoderate\u201d category of the Air Quality Index through the rest of the week<\/a>, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.<\/p>\nTuesday forecast<\/p>\n
Any lingering showers associated with the weak frontal boundary that pushed south across Texas on Sunday and Monday have ended. In their place, an upper-level ridge of high atmospheric pressure will strengthen and expand over the state, bringing hotter and drier weather for the time being.<\/p>\n
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Expect a partly cloudy start to the day Tuesday with light south winds of 3 to 5 mph and morning temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. Sunshine will dominate this afternoon, with temps climbing into the upper 90s. Combined with the humidity, those 90-degree temps will feel more like 100 to 102 degrees. South winds will remain light throughout the day at 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n
Wednesday and Thursday forecast<\/p>\n
High air pressure will continue to dominate the weather on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing more heat and rain-free weather.<\/p>\n
Very few clouds are likely Wednesday, with south winds blowing at 5 to 10 mph for most of the day. Winds could become a bit more robust during the evening, around sunset, with gusts blowing at 15 to 18 mph. Afternoon temperatures will climb into the upper 90s to near 100 degrees.<\/p>\n
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High atmospheric pressure will nudge into Texas, leaving us with hot and dry weather Tuesday through Thursday.<\/p>\n
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Thursday will be similar, with abundant sunshine and above-average heat. High temperatures will once again approach 100 degrees, with heat index values, or humidity-driven \u201cfeels like\u201d temps, hitting around 102 degrees. The biggest difference on Thursday will be the wind, as south winds become breezy during the afternoon, sustained at 8 to 15 mph with gusts of up to 25 mph.<\/p>\n
Late-week and weekend forecast<\/p>\n
Changes are on the way as rain returns to the forecast. An upper-level disturbance will track along the northern edge of the ridge of high pressure and move into the central United States. As it does, the ridge will weaken across Texas and gradually shift westward.<\/p>\n
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At the same time, an atmospheric disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico will move west, sending a surge of tropical moisture into the state. The added moisture in the air will lead to increasing cloudiness and a growing chance for showers and thunderstorms beginning Friday and continuing through the weekend.<\/p>\n
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Rain totals from Friday through Sunday in Central Texas will reach about an inch along the Interstate 35 corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pivotal<\/p>\n
While it may be too early to give any specific rainfall totals, the National Weather Service suggests some locally heavy showers are possible through the weekend. The latest extended rainfall outlook from the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center suggests up to an inch along the Interstate 35 corridor, but between an inch and 2 inches along the Gulf Coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday\u2019s weather satellite image, a weak frontal boundary stretched across Central Texas, but it will be replaced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-363829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363829","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=363829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}