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Austin's Autumn-Winter Shuffle: Cold Fronts and Rainy Resilience Ahead

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Published on November 19, 2023
Austin's Autumn-Winter Shuffle: Cold Fronts and Rainy Resilience AheadSource: National Weather Service

Austin, Texas is swiftly transitioning from autumn to winter, characterized by sporadic rain and fluctuating temperatures. KXAN highlights a 20% chance of rain with high temperatures reaching between upper 60s to low 70s for today and Monday.

A cold front is anticipated on Monday, introducing a robust northwest wind and lowering temperatures. Consequently, Tuesday and Wednesday's high temperatures are expected to peak at upper 50s to low 60s. Wind gusts may reach up to 30 mph. This is in alignment with Austin's weather trends noted last week. As per KVUE, a significant temperature drop was felt last Thursday owing to an incoming cold front.

KVUE informs that "Scattered showers and storms developed along the front and behind the front," causing an impact across a vast chunk of Central Texas. The following weather changes lowered temperatures to the 50s, with some rain and wind making the atmosphere even chillier. Anticipated precipitation ranged from half an inch to 1 inch, but isolated pockets were expected to receive up to 2 inches. Temperatures hovered around the 60s over the cooler-than-average weekend.

Ahead of Thanksgiving Day, Austin residents can prepare to wake up to the coldest morning, with lows expected to fall to the middle to upper 30s, states KXAN. With to be mostly sunny skies ahead, Thanksgiving Day should witness highs in the low to middle 60s, a brief respite before the arrival of another cold front. 

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