Updated: 05/23/2012 03:35 PM
Spring Breezes
This is normally the season when we find some of the strongest winds of the year. Today, and for the next few days, you should expect the winds of spring to gust in the 20s to near 30 to 35 mph:
The day started warm and muggy with increasing clouds through the overnight hours. This morning's lows were at or above the normal of 66 degrees:
Right now:
It is a fairly easy forecast over through the holiday weekend. Mornings will start out with a mostly cloudy to cloudy sky with lost in the upper 60s to low 70s. The clouds will gradually clear with some fair-weather clouds blending with the sun during the afternoons. Most highs will be in the low to middle 90s today and Thursday. Most highs will be in the low 90s through Memorial Day.
It's a rarity that we enter the holiday weekend without even a hint of rain in the forecast but that appears to be the case as of today.
The humidity will be up so that the "feels like" temperature feels like middle to upper 90s ... in the shade ... so we're definitely in the time that you should take frequent breaks when working or playing outdoors. Drink the water.
Your YNN 8 Day Forecast closes out the month with no rain meaning and plenty of warmth. Typical.
Lake Travis update... This May, Lake Travis has risen nearly 5 feet and, for the year, the flood control reservoir has come up about 17 feet. But we're still 28 feet below the monthly historical average. It's a combined capacity between Travis and Buchanan of 51%. The boat ramp at Mansfield Dam is open for boat traffic. A surface water temp of 78 sounds quite inviting.
In the Pacific...
TROPICAL STORM BUDwas located 445 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. It is moving to the northwest at 9 mph. Maximum sustained winds are at 65 mph. The National Hurricane Center's new official forecast shows the storm reaching hurricane status with winds to 85 mph by tomorrow.
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Have a good day.
Meteorologist Rich Segal