I saw that! Thought I'd let you mention it first.
Does seem a little early to mention a freeze. I did see in the Austin/San Antonio office discussion that the only fly in the ointment would be mid/high-level clouds coming in from the tropical Pacific over Mexico, creating an "insulating" effect, keeping temperatures from plummeting too far -- maybe. (Wouldn't this tropical Pacific plume usually indicate an El Nino? Not anymore I guess.)
The dewpoints are very low. I saw the humidity was in the 50 and 60 percent range most of yesterday. Then in the mid-afternoon (about 4:00ish) with in an hour or so of the front moving through, it plummeted to 27% at Camp Mabry.
VERY DRY air mass!
My irrigation system is set for once a week to keep the roots moist since we don't appear to be getting any rain, and the near/medium future doesn't look as promising in the moisture department, aside from a little advection/convection fog and a 20% chance here and there.
Anyway, at least this means my yard may stop growing for the rest of the year. No more trimming/mowing! Yea!!
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