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MarkM_KVUE

  1. Lake Travis sits at just over 643' tonight. That's about 7'-8' lower than Memorial Day 2011. Water temp 76 degrees. Be safe!
  2. Remember Cat Stevens? Well, here's a moon shadow over the Pacific captured by satellite during Sunday's eclipse. twitpic.com/9oj74r
  3. No one wants rain on their wedding! But, tonight, I've got the craziest wedding weather video that I've ever seen! On KVUE at 10:15 pm.
  4. May want to take a look low in the western sky. This is as close as the moon and Venus will appear together for the rest of 2012!
  5. I'll be featuring your eclipse photos all week during my 10pm weather on KVUE. Here's tonight's from Alen Z. twitpic.com/9nv54p
  6. First Tropical Storm of the Atlantic season, Alberto, has been downgraded to a depression off the SE U.S. and is forecast to remain at sea.
  7. Free SKYWARN severe weather spotting class tonight in Round Rock at Baca Center, 301 W Bagdad, Grand Room, 7pm-9pm from the Weather Service.
  8. Partial solar eclipse viewing party Sunday evening at Bastrop State Park. bit.ly/KLyxuN
  9. Austin eclipse fun facts! The last TOTAL solar eclipse visible from (what is now) Austin was on 5/26/1397! The next will be on 4/8/2024.
  10. We'll see a partial eclipse from 7:35-8:20 pm. 56%. RT @Silvester_Serna: Any chance Austin will get to view the annular solar eclipse?
  11. Closest places to see the "Ring of Fire"? How about a drive to Lubbock or Midland? twitpic.com/9m8ja4
  12. Partial solar eclipse begins in Austin 7:35 pm Sunday. The sun is 56% covered by the moon when the sun sets at 8:20 pm. bit.ly/JWA94R
  13. Just did the entire weathercast wearing flip-flops. Why? I don't know...perhaps because it's Wednesday.
  14. We'll see a partial solar eclipse in Central Texas on Sunday, just before sunset. Here's more from Earth & Sky bit.ly/JUpis9
  15. RT @LadyBevPhD: Solar eclipse visible from North America on Sunday @MarkM_KVUE {Do you have info about when it's visible here?
  16. Lake Travis reached 50% full today. The last time Travis was at 50%? Almost 10 months ago! July 21, 2011.
  17. New research says that urban areas may have a higher risk of lightning strikes. A special report on KVUE in 5 minutes.
  18. Anywhere from 0.20"-2.00" of rain around Austin today! Looks like it's about over, though. I'll have totals on KVUE News at 5.