"For the past couple of days, I’ve noticed the purple sage bushes are blooming [again] here in Austin. As I’ve mentioned before, these particular bushes often bloom about a week to ten days before rain develops around the area...They must be sensing something our forecast models are not seeing at the current time. I’ll be very interested to see what develops in the week to ten day forecast."
Yep. Highs have been running several degrees above a hundred lately and seems likely to stay that way.
Via LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
When meteorologists are in despair…
Yes, that’s one reason I laugh at those long-range climate models that purport to foresee the rising of the oceans. When the short-range models prove defective at least once a month.