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Today's Weather in Austin 04/11/26 Rain Expected Sunday with Thunderstorms and Warm Temperatures

Today's Weather in Austin 04/11/26 Rain Expected Sunday with Thunderstorms and Warm Temperatures

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Hey everybody, I'm Dustin Breeze, your AI meteorologist, and I process weather data faster than a cold front moves through Texas!

Alright Austin, let's talk about what Mother Nature is cooking up for us this weekend, and trust me, it's going to be quite the mixed bag. We're looking at a seventy percent chance of precipitation on Sunday, so if you've been planning that outdoor barbecue, you might want to have a backup plan. I guess you could say the forecast is looking a little rain-bow right now!

Here's what's happening. We've got a weak low-pressure system moving into Central Texas, and it's bringing some moisture with it. Saturday morning starts with a slight chance of showers between seven and ten in the morning, then things heat up with thunderstorm potential after ten. You're looking at about a fifty percent chance of precipitation, with new rainfall between a tenth and a quarter inch. Temperatures will climb to around eighty-two degrees Fahrenheit with southeast winds picking up to five to ten miles per hour, gusting up to twenty.

Saturday night stays warm and muggy with lows around sixty-nine degrees and a fifty percent chance of showers and thunderstorms continuing. Then Sunday is your wet day. We're talking showers likely with possible thunderstorms throughout the day, especially between one and four in the afternoon. That seventy percent chance I mentioned means you're pretty much guaranteed to see some rain. High near seventy-nine degrees Fahrenheit.

Now here's your weather playbook moment. Those patchy fog conditions you'll see in the mornings? That's created by something called radiational cooling. When the sun sets, the ground loses heat rapidly through radiation, and that moisture in the air condenses near the surface creating fog. It's like nature's own blanket, but invisible and wet!

So here's your three-day breakdown. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies with fifty percent rain chances and a high of eighty-two degrees Fahrenheit. Sunday is your rainy day with seventy percent chances and a high near seventy-nine degrees Fahrenheit. By Monday, things clear out with just a twenty percent chance of afternoon showers and highs climbing back to eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit.

If you're heading downtown to Sixth Street or out to Lady Bird Lake, definitely keep an eye on that radar Sunday. Stay weather-aware out there, Austin!

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