Hoping to spend the long weekend outside? Forecasts show scattered thunderstorms across Central Texas this weekend.

After severe weather on Thursday night, Hays County got all sorts of damage in both neighborhoods and at the airport.

Severe storms swept through Central Texas Thursday evening and night, unleashing baseball-sized hail that caused extensive damage across several counties.

As the Earth warms, Austin has been experiencing hotter temperatures earlier in the year. A heat wave this week could break the record for hottest day recorded in the month of May.

Forecasters expect multiple records to be broken over the next week as an early heat wave settles over the region.