Austin residents can unpack their sunglasses and enjoy a partly sunny sky today, with temperatures expected to hit a comfortable high of 81 degrees. As per the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, gusts could reach up to 25 mph, adding a bit of bluster to an otherwise mild day.
As night falls, the city will witness partly cloudy skies initially, before it gives way to a cloudy overnight backdrop, with the mercury dipping to around 59 degrees. The south southwest wind will slow to a calm before showers introduce themselves on Friday with a 40 percent chance of rainfall. The high for Friday is predicted near 76, affording Austinites a mostly cloudy but still gentle day.
Those planning outdoor activities for the weekend should be primed for some fluctuation in the weather. Friday night will bring partly cloudy skies with lows around 45, and North northwest winds could get gusty, blowing up to 25 mph. Come Saturday, the city is slated to bask under full sunshine, though temperatures will fall to a cooler high near 59. Brisk North winds will accompany the clear skies, at times gusting upwards of 30 mph.
Approaching the new week, Austin's weather looks to stabilize, with mostly sunny conditions expected on Sunday and a high of 63, only to dip to a chilly low around 35 by nightfall. Monday shall maintain the sunny streak with a high near 60, but the clouds reassert themselves into a mostly cloudy sky come Monday night, hovering around 41 degrees. A partly sunny Tuesday awaits locals thereafter, with temperatures once again ascending, anticipated to reach 65 degrees.
The forecast shared by the National Weather Service suggests that Austinites can expect a continuation of these mild and agreeable patterns into the mid-week, with a mostly sunny Wednesday offering a high near 69. While the week's end remains just beyond the scope of the current report, Austin's weather seems to be serving up a series of days touched by that mild, almost whimsical, capriciousness of Texas winters.
