Texas Weather March 5 Midday - Red Flag Warning

Good afternoon. Texas. I'm Aaron Jolly. Step outside and you'll feel summer making an early appearance. We're sitting at 81 degrees right now — that's 52 degrees warmer than normal for early March. Gulf moisture is flooding inland on persistent southeast winds. And this heat wave isn't going anywhere fast. In the next 24 hours. Down along the coast, you're basking in partly sunny skies with a high near 83. Southeast winds around 15 miles an hour, gusting to 20. Tonight only drops to 70 under mostly cloudy skies. Friday stays sticky with an 82-degree high and a a chance of storms after 3 P.M. South Texas is the hot spot today — literally. Mostly sunny with a high near 91, heat index hitting 90. Breezy southeast winds around 25 miles an hour, gusting to 33. Tonight falls to 69, then Friday climbs right back to 91 with a a chance of thunderstorms. Central Texas sees mostly sunny skies this afternoon with a high near 85. A slight chance of storms before 3 P.M. Tonight drops to 68, then Friday reaches 84 with a showers moving through. Up in North Texas, you've got a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon with a high near 79. Tonight falls to 67. Friday's when things get active — a chance of showers and thunderstorms, some possibly severe. High near 80. Here's your heads-up for the weekend. Saturday brings widespread storms across the entire state with a Slight Risk for severe weather. Damaging winds are the main threat, with isolated large hail possible. Heavy rainfall is expected as a cold front stalls out over Texas. Rain chances stick around Sunday through Wednesday as a cutoff low tracks east. Stay weather-aware this weekend. For the extended outlook, check the latest forecast as confidence improves. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.