AUSTIN (KXAN) — Today will be, for the majority of us, our last hope for meaningful rain before we close the books on August.
Afternoon
A few scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon into the early evening hours. Rainfall totals will be under a quarter inch for most of us, but localized totals 0.5″-1″ are possible. There is a low severe risk mainly south of Austin today for the threat of gusty winds out of any well-developed thunderstorms.
Even with a round of rain this afternoon, we’re still likely to be hot with another day of triple digit heat expected for most areas.
Thursday afternoon forecast high temperatures
A Heat Advisory has been extended until 7 p.m. this evening as higher humidity will bring feels-like temps up to 105-110º.
Drying out again
We look much drier on Friday, but a spotty shower is possible in our eastern counties.
The weekend looks completely dry and mostly sunny with high temperatures near 100 degrees…