Record warm temperatures likely tonight and Friday

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Clouds were slow to break in the Austin area this afternoon, saving us from breaking the record high temperature of 83 degrees set in 2019. Some Hill Country communities have spiked into the lower 80s though, and even warmer weather is in the forecast areawide tomorrow.Why the warm up? An approaching low pressure system from northwestern Mexico is leading to asouthwesterly wind in the low-levels of the atmosphere. This wind blows downhill from the 6,000 ft. mountains of NE