####018003271#### FXUS64 KEWX 141618 AFDEWX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1118 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2009 .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON FORECASTS SHOW SLIGHTLY COOLER TRENDS FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS...AS CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED RAIN WILL LINGER FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. EXPECT AREA OF RAIN FROM WEST OF AUSTIN TO WEST OF SAN ANTONIO TO NEAR CARRIZO SPRINGS TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH DECREASING RAIN CHANCES SLOWLY FROM THE WEST. STILL SHOWED LOW POPS FOR SUNDAY...AS FAST MOVING 500 HPA TROF COMES ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST. CLEARING TREND FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY STILL ON TRACK. AFTER MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY DAYS EARLY NEXT WEEK...INCREASING CLOUDS IS EXPECTED LATE NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS APPROACH AND MOVE OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 622 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2009/ AVIATION... MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH IMPROVEMENT TO VFR FORECAST BETWEEN 18-20Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD...EXCEPT AT KAUS WHERE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE FORECAST TO RETURN AROUND 09Z SUNDAY. A LIGHT NW LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATER TODAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2009/ DISCUSSION... TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...A SERIES OF UPPER TROFS IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM WILL KEEP AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE FRONT IN THE GULF WATERS. IN TURN THIS KEEPS A SFC RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE LAST OF THE UPPER TROFS (DUE IN SUNDAY NIGHT) MAY NOT HAVE MUCH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO WORK WITH BUT IT MAY BRING ITS OWN PRECIP IN THE FORM OF ALTOCU CASTELLANUS CLOUDS. PROJECTED SOUNDINGS SUNDAY MORNING ALONG I-35 BEAR THIS OUT. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY- PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN LOW. WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS WILL MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THE RECENT RAINS MAY GIVE RISE TO RADIATION FOG MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY- THE MEAN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ROCKIES SENDING ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME A TROF IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM SLIDES ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. IF THIS PANS OUT, WE WILL BE IN FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 55 41 63 47 79 / 20 10 20 20 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 55 38 62 42 77 / 20 10 20 20 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 55 44 62 45 78 / 20 10 20 10 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 53 40 65 46 79 / 10 10 20 10 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 63 48 74 52 80 / - 10 10 - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 53 41 62 47 77 / 10 10 20 20 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 56 45 67 45 80 / 20 10 20 10 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 55 43 62 46 78 / 20 10 20 20 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 53 39 61 46 76 / 30 10 50 20 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 55 43 63 49 80 / 20 10 20 10 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 55 44 65 48 81 / 20 20 20 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ 08/13/22/06/11