Thankfully, a strong cold front will usher in seasonable weather this weekend. We’re forecasting a high of 84° but some spots west of I-35 could potentially warm to as high as 86°.

Warm and humid air should prevent temperatures from dipping below the mid-60s Thursday night into Friday morning and afternoon sunshine should boost us well past the record high of 80°. The record of 82° will be challenged, but our current high temperature forecast falls a degree short at 81°. With morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine, highs Thursday should reach the upper 70s and low 80s. We’ll likely warm up tonight with sunrise temperatures reaching the upper 50s and low 60s. Overnight temperatures should dip into the mid-50s around midnight, but a push of warmer and more humid air arrives overnight from the south. Of course, if the layer of clouds doesn’t form this morning, we’ll all see low-to-mid 70s. Where sunshine is expected, generally west of I-35 and along and south of Highway 190/I-14, highs will likely reach the low-to-mid 70s. IF this cloud deck forms and hangs around through mid-morning, it should keep late-day high temperatures cooler in the mid-to-upper 60s.

We could also see a thick layer of clouds develop near and north of a line from Meridian through Waco and toward Marlin. Patchy fog may form near and especially east of I-35 and could be around through mid-morning. Our high temperature forecast has dipped a bit on Thursday meaning we may only have one day of record high temperatures, that day being Friday, but it’ll still be hot regardless of how many records fall! Tuesday’s high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s will be hotter today for most of us.

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