Austin is waking up warm, sticky, and already a little unsettled, with cloudy, muggy conditions around 73°F and a brisk south wind as of 4:51 a.m. CDT on Saturday, April 4, 2026. The scattered showers that drifted through overnight are expected to ramp up later in the morning, with a much better shot at widespread showers and thunderstorms from late Saturday morning into the afternoon. That means a wet, gusty drive and pockets of heavy rain that could slow traffic and leave yards squishy by day’s end.
Timing And Impacts
Forecasters expect showers and thunderstorms to organize late Saturday morning and peak into the early afternoon, with the daytime rain chance running close to 90 percent. New rainfall totals could reach roughly three-quarters of an…..