Austin faces record-breaking heat on Friday before a dramatic weather shift brings storms this weekend. High atmospheric pressure will dominate Texas weather on Friday, with temperatures nearing record highs before clouds increase ahead of Saturday's storm system.

Central Texas will experience warm, dry conditions Friday with highs in the low 80s under mostly cloudy skies. The record at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is 83 degrees, set in 2000, while downtown's record is 84 degrees from 1924. South and Central Texas temperatures will run 10 to 15 degrees above normal.

Saturday brings a level 1 of 5 risk for severe weather as a cold front moves through, with damaging winds up to 60 mph as the primary threat. The National Weather Service predicts rainfall amounts of a quarter-inch to a half-inch across Central Texas, potentially disrupting Valentine's Day plans.