Your 7 Day Hill Country Weather Forecast | Saturday, October 12

SATURDAY 10/12/2019
Should the seasonal burning across the South and Southeast U.S. continue, light amounts of residual smoke may persist across portions of East and Southeast Texas and could possibly raise the daily PM2.5 AQI to the lower to middle end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Beaumont-Port Arthur and Houston areas and the upper end of the “Good” range (perhaps with an isolated low “Moderate” or two) in parts of the Tyler-Longview area. Additionally, light amounts of residual smoke from previous days is forecast to be transported southward by the departing cold front, briefly filtering over portions of South Texas, though the duration and intensity is not expected to be enough to raise the daily PM2.5 AQI beyond the upper end of the “Good” range throughout most of the Brownsville-McAllen area.

Otherwise and elsewhere in the state, moderate to strong winds, cool temperatures, and/or lower incoming background levels should help keep air quality in the “Good” range in most spots.

SUNDAY 10/13/2019
Light winds, warming temperatures, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and increasing incoming background levels could be enough for ozone to possibly reach the lower end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, El Paso, and Midland-Odessa areas, with highest concentrations in the afternoon and early evening.

Should the seasonal burning across the South and Southeast U.S. continue, patchy residual smoke may strengthen across portions of East and Southeast Texas while lighter amounts begin filtering into North Central and Central Texas extending southward to the Coastal Bend. Overall, depending on the coverage and intensity of the expanding light patchy smoke, the daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to reach the middle to upper end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Beaumont-Port Arthur and Houston areas; the lower to middle end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Austin and Tyler-Longview areas; possibly the lower end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Victoria area; and the upper end of the “Good” range (perhaps with an isolated low “Moderate” or two) in parts of the Corpus Christi and Dallas-Fort Worth areas.

Otherwise and elsewhere in the state, moderate winds, increasing cloud cover, and/or lower incoming background levels should help keep air quality in the “Good” range in most spots.

MONDAY 10/14/2019
Light to moderate winds, warm temperatures, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and increasing incoming background levels could be enough for ozone to possibly reach the lower end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Beaumont-Port Arthur and Dallas-Fort Worth areas, with highest concentrations in the afternoon and early evening.

Should the seasonal burning across the South and Southeast U.S. continue, patchy residual smoke may continue across portions of East, Southeast Texas, Central, and North Central Texas at varying intensities. Overall, depending on the coverage and intensity of the patchy smoke, the daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to reach the middle to upper end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Houston, and Tyler-Longview areas; the lower to middle end of the “Moderate” range in parts of the Waco-Killeen area; and the upper end of the “Good” range (perhaps with an isolated low “Moderate” or two) in parts of the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth areas.

Otherwise and elsewhere in the state, moderate winds, cooler temperatures, heavy cloud cover, and/or lower incoming background levels should help keep air quality in the “Good” range in most spots.

*Air Quality Index courtesy of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.