Five days of record heat in the forecast during this hottest May on record

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The first 11 days of May have been the hottest ever observed in Austin, and temperatures only rise further this weekend and next week.A ridge of high pressure is expected to hold over Texas for the next week or more, with hotter and drier than normal weather likely to continue through the end of the month.Our most recent round of heat looks to peak early next week with potentially our first triple digit heat of the year.NOAA Climate Prediction Center 8-14 day outlooksThe dr