As summer settles firmly over the landscape of San Antonio, residents can expect a relentless stretch of heat as the forecast promises little relief. According to the National Weather Service, today's conditions will start with partly cloudy skies in the morning before sharply transitioning to full, unabashed sunlight, pushing temperatures to a sweltering high near 98 degrees. The heat index, an attempt to measure the human-perceived temperature considering humidity, is set to surge even higher, hinting at values as scorching as 101 degrees.
Tonight, residents will find little solace from the daytime blaze as the thermometer dips only as far as a low around 74 degrees. The forecast goes as far as to promise a mostly sunny day for Friday, with highs teasing the mid-90s and a persistent calm wind eventually finding the energy to become south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. The ritual of the evening will bring partly cloudy skies and a low settling around 76 degrees, providing a brief nightly repose from the day's sear.
Come Saturday, San Antonio is set to experience a near-repeat performance with a predicted high near 96 degrees under "mostly sunny" skies, the southeast wind stubbornly maintaining its 5 to 10 mph pace. Easing into the night, not much will change as the sky shifts to partly cloudy and the temperature to around 77 degrees, the wind decides to show a hint of force with gusts potentially reaching 20 mph.
Bracing for the closing moments of the weekend, a typical mostly sunny Sunday greets San Antonio, accompanied by a high flirting with the upper 90s once more. Nature's breath, the south southeast wind, will blow at a mild 5 to 10 mph, only to courageously rally up to gusts as high as 20 mph. The evening will again witness a partly cloudy sky, with the wind persisting at 10 to 15 mph and gusts possibly matching the daytime's vigor.
The coming of a new week does little to promise a change in the pattern San Antonio has grown accustomed to; Monday's skies will be mostly sunny with a thermometer likely to strike the high 90s again. The evening again will be marked by partly cloudy conditions and a low hovering around 76 degrees. As the days roll forward, Tuesday and Wednesday double down on the trend of sunny highs touching 98 degrees and partially cloudy nights perching in the mid-70s.
