It's not just the Obituaries...

Keeping Austin Weird is more than just a bumper sticker. You read the weird obituary; here's today's weird weather forecast - straight from the pages of the Austin American Statesman. You can't make this stuff up, folks!

"Stricken denizens of Central Texas this morning continue to dig out after the longest and bitterest cold front in more than eight months mercifully moved out of the area. The front, dragged here by a muskoxen team from Iqalut, a tiny town in the Canadian Arctic province of Nunavut, brought with it frigid temperatures in the mid-20s in some godforsaken places and left a blanket of frozen snow at least zero inches deep in most of the Hill Country.

Commuters are being warned by the National Weather Service this morning to dress in their longest shorts and their thickest long sleeve tee shirts. They are being asked to use extreme caution on roads that were not plowed overnight. The operators of schools and businesses have been asked to use good judgment if and when they decide to open today. The Weather Service also reports that the shelves of most of the convenience stores in the area are fully stocked with bottled water.

And although the worst of it has passed, the Weather Service says we are getting one last slap today with a high temperature reaching just 74. We can console ourselves with sunny skies before being plunged into an overnight low of 47. And just when we begin to breathe a sigh of relief, there is a 20 percent chance of showers on Thursday after noon. The high should be near 73. The chance of rain increases to 70 percent Thursday night with a low of 58."

And, for you doubters, here's the link.