Red Flag Warning | Texas Weather 6 PM

Good evening! I'm Aaron Jolly. Welcome to the Texas Weather Podcast for Wednesday, February 25th. Eighty four degrees on the thermometer.. In February. And that's not even the hot spot. South Texas is flirting with history today. A forecast high of 93 degrees puts us just three shy of the all time February record set back in 1996. We're running 53 degrees above normal. Let that sink in. Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley are the furnace right now. Upper 90s possible by tomorrow afternoon. Tonight only cools to about 59 degrees down there. Your AC is earning its paycheck early this year. Slide north to Austin and San Antonio. Eighty eight degrees this afternoon with plenty of sun and a gusty south breeze. Winds hit 25 miles an hour at times. Lows tonight settle near 60 degrees. Over on the Gulf Coast, it's cooler but rowdier. A Wind Advisory runs through 6 P.M. For coastal areas. South winds gust to 35 miles an hour along the islands. Highs reach 79 degrees. Lows stay muggy near 67 tonight. North Texas tops out around 82 degrees. A weak front sneaks through overnight, dropping lows to 55 degrees. You might actually need a light sheet tonight. Now the serious stuff. Fire danger is critical across much of the state. A Red Flag Warning covers the Permian Basin through 8 P.M. Deep South Texas is under a Fire Weather Watch. Humidity drops as low as 11 percent in spots. That's bone dry. Any spark runs fast. Looking ahead, warmth and sunshine dominate. That Thursday night front knocks highs back to the low 80s Friday. Weekend? Sunny and still in the 80s statewide. Rain chances don't creep back until early next week. Sunset tonight hits at 6:28. We're gaining almost two minutes of daylight every day now. Spring isn't knocking. It kicked the door in. I'll be tracking that fire weather all night. Stay sharp out there. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.