A FEW MORE SHOWERS THIS MORNING{/strong}

As promised, we had a few light showers move in late on Tuesday night with some light accumulation near/south of Austin... but that was it. Most of us stayed dry and we missed out on any adequate rainfall.

SHARP RISE IN HUMIDITY THURSDAY{/strong}

The cold front that blew in yesterday with howling winds will return from the south as a warm front on Thursday. Warm fronts are sloppy, and we’ll have plenty of fog, drizzle, and clouds to show for it through the day Thursday. I’ve bumped the rain chance up to 40% with off-and-on light rain likely across most of Central Texas.

It will become palpably more humid through the day as Gulf of Mexico moisture surges in. Highs will get close to 80 degrees by the afternoon even under an overcast sky.

“COLD” FRONT AND STORM CHANCE FRIDAY{/strong}

Our heat spikes on Friday as a pacific cold front approaches from the west. Winds switching out of the southwest will be the perfect recipe for temperatures to jump 15 or more degrees by Friday afternoon. I’m forecasting 92 degrees in Austin, our warmest so far this year.

That front will be the focus for a widespread severe weather event wayyyy to our north/northeast. Still, we will be on the far-southern end of that threat, and an isolated storm on Friday evening (mainly along/east of I-35) could briefly become strong or severe. That will be a quick and very isolated concern before our atmosphere stabilizes.

Behind the front, humidity drops rapidly and the weather will shape up wonderfully for your Saturday plans. Highs are still in the mid-80s, but that will be much more comfortable with the low humidity. Moisture returns quickly on Sunday with a few showers and storms possible during the afternoon as a result.

LAKE LEVELS{/strong}

Lake Travis is steady with an elevation of 638.7 feet (46% full, 30 feet below average)

Lake Buchanan is steady with an elevation of 1001.5 feet (58% full, 10 feet below average)