Record warm temperatures likely overnight and Friday

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Clouds were slow to break in the Austin area Thursday afternoon, keeping high temperatures at 79° and saving us from breaking the record high of 83°, set in 2019. Some Hill Country communities spiked into the lower 80s, and even warmer weather is in the forecast areawide on Friday.Why so warm? An approaching low pressure system from Mexico is leading to a southwesterly wind in the low-levels of the atmosphere. This wind blows downhill from the 6,000 ft. mountains of