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In this weather satellite photo of Texas taken around 1:45 p.m. Friday, the skies over the Lone Star State are largely cloud-free as a high pressure system keeps rain chances out of the picture.<\/p>\n
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites\/CIRA and NOAA<\/p>\n
We\u2019re all the way into the second week of October and Austin has gotten\u00a0stuck with 90-degree temperatures again<\/a>. Will true fall weather ever stick around for good? Here\u2019s what the National Weather Service is looking at in the days ahead.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the Saturday forecast?<\/p>\n We\u2019ll have plenty of sunshine and dry weather in Austin but rain chances reappear the later we get into the upcoming work week, forecasters said<\/a>. Our biggest influence on the weather will be a subtropical ridge of high atmospheric pressure that will squelch rain chances and keep daily temperatures well above normal.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n While Saturday is shaping up to be gorgeous<\/a>, afternoon temperatures will approach 94 degrees, which would be several degrees warmer than normal for Oct. 10. Under mostly clear skies, nighttime temperatures will bottom out around 69 degrees overnight into Sunday morning.<\/p>\n \u201cExpect continued hot weather with highs in the upper 80s north to mid-90s south over the next couple days as the subtropical ridge aloft maintains a hold over Texas,\u201d the weather service wrote in a forecast bulletin posted online Friday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As more moisture-rich air is pulled in<\/a> by south-southeast breezes Saturday afternoon, \u201cthis subtle change will not be noticeable in the short term but will add the changing trends in the days to follow,\u201d forecasters said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the daytime heat has been quite the\u00a0nuisance for this time of year, the continental winds have been\u00a0more helpful on allowing for a more pleasant and seasonal\u00a0nighttime temperature,\u201d the weather service said<\/a>.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the Sunday and Monday forecast?<\/p>\n Austin on Sunday should be sunny and breezy, with temperatures reaching 93 degrees amid south winds increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning and gusts as strong as 20 mph. Skies will turn partly cloudy Sunday night, but the gusty south-southeast winds persist.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n