Cold front to end three-digit temperatures
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Saturday, Aug. 13 highs as predicted by the National Weather Service.
BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH
With heat indices reaching their highest in weeks, meteorologist have predicted that Friday cold front moving down from the north will end the recent three-digit high.
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Hill Country area due to high heat conditions on Friday, but rain is expected to follow.
While heat indices may reach 105 to 110 Friday, chances of rain are at 50 percent for Saturday.
“Elevated heat indices of 105 to 110 degrees are expected mainly near and east of I-35 as well as near and south of highway 90 this afternoon,” said National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio meteorologists in a hazardous weather outlook issued on Friday morning, Aug. 12 at 4:20 a.m. “A heat advisory is in effect for portions of the coastal prairies and brush country where heat indices will be highest – 108 to 110.”
Risk conditions for wildland and grass fires are expected to elevate Friday across south-central Texas, NWS officials said, just before rains while make their way south in a cold front over the weekend.
“A significant change in the weather pattern is still forecast to take place across Central Texas this weekend,” wrote Bob Rose, Lower Colorado River Authority Meteorologist wrote in his blog on Thursday. “The combination of a weakening high pressure ridge, a weak cold front sinking south into North Texas and moisture spreading west off the Gulf of Mexico should work together to cause the development of scattered to numerous rain showers and thunderstorms. This period for rain looks to develop Saturday afternoon and continue through the middle of next week.”
NWS data shows chances of showers and thunderstorms are at 20 percent for Friday night, rising to 50 percent on Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms that evening and for the remainder of the weekend are “likely,” with a 60 percent chance through Monday.
Chances of rain drop down to 40 percent on Monday, but are back at 50 percent by Tuesday. There will be a slight chance of more rain throughout the week, NWS officials said.
