After temperatures closed in on the 100-degree mark Thursday — and a “Save energy” alert was sent by Austin Energy — a dramatic weather shift is expected on Friday and through this weekend as an upper-atmosphere low pressure system and a surface low move ashore in Texas.
Although this tropical disturbance looks similar to last weekend’s tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico, which eventually traveled inland across Louisiana, this tropical low will take a different path.
The subtropical high pressure system that brought back the abundant sunshine and above-normal heat this past week will shift north a little bit. This shift should allow for a greater influx of tropical moisture, and southeast winds will help steer the rain-making low pressure system into Texas…