FXUS64 KHGX 160929
AFDHGX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
429 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009
.UPDATE...
HAVE POSTED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF SE TX
UNTIL 14Z.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 321 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009/ 
DISCUSSION...
AFTER A FEW DAYS OF CLOUDS...COOLER TEMPERATURES... AND MUCH
NEEDED RAINFALL IT LOOKS LIKE SE TX WILL BE REWARDED WITH A WEEK
OF NEARLY PERFECT SPRING-LIKE WEATHER. UPPER TROUGH IS NOW OVER
CENTRAL TX AND WILL EXIT THE AREA BY MID MORNING. RADAR SHOWS
SCATTERED SHRA AFFECTING THE COASTAL WATERS AND WILL MAINTAIN
PRECIP THERE THROUGH MID MORNING. LOW CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED OUT
RATHER RAPIDLY OUT WEST. PER MODEL BUFR SOUNDINGS CLOUDS SHOULD
CLEAR OUT OF MOST OF THE CWA BY 12Z...AND COASTAL AND FAR EASTERN
SECTIONS BY MID MORNING AT THE LATEST. LIGHT WINDS AND WET GROUND
CONDITIONS ARE RESULTING IN FOG DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WHERE THE
CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED OUT. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OBS AND WILL
CONSIDER ISSUING A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN MUCH WARMER
TEMPS...WITH MOST LOCATIONS RUNNING ABOUT 20 DEGREES HIGHER THAN
SUNDAY. THE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...LIGHT WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND
PLEASANT TEMPS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS SFC HIGH SETTLES
OVER THE AREA. RADIATIONAL FOG DEVELOPMENT IS AGAIN LIKELY OVER
INLAND AREAS MON NIGHT AND TUE NIGHT AND WILL REFLECT THIS IN
FORECAST. KEPT TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MAX TEMPS ABOVE
MOS GUIDANCE IN THE DRY AIRMASS. A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS
STILL EXPECTED TO CROSS SE TX THURSDAY. WILL SEE SOME STRATOCU
DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY AS SLIGHTLY DEEPER MOISTURE (PWS AROUND 1
INCH) POOLS NEAR THE FRONT. A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS
APPEAR POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE FRONT BUT CONFIDENCE WAS TOO LOW
TO MENTION IN FCST. TEMPS WILL RUN A FEW DEGREES LOWER FRIDAY IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY AND
PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT SCATTERED CLOUDS AND A
GRADUAL RISE IN TEMPS THIS PERIOD. MOISTURE VALUES REMAIN PALTRY
(PWS LESS THAN 1 INCH) THROUGH SUNDAY SO HAVE JUST BLANKETED 10
POPS ACROSS THE BOARD.
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MARINE...
SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING TO SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH TO THE OFFSHORE
WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING. WAVE HEIGHTS RUNNING FROM 1 TO 3 FEET ACROSS
UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. GRADIENT RELAXING WITH WEAK HIGH 
PRESSURE RIDGE OVER REGION. ONSHORE FLOW RETURNING LATER ON TUESDAY 
WITH RIDGE LINE SHIFTING MORE TO THE EAST. SEAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN 
ON THE LOW SIDE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FRONT PUSHING TO THE AREA 
THURSDAY NIGHT AS PER GFS. IF THIS IS CORRECT...WINDS SHOULD PICK UP 
FROM NORTHEAST FRIDAY WITH SUBSEQUENT INCREASE IN WAVE HEIGHTS.  37
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      78  50  82  52  83 /   0   0   0   0   0 
HOUSTON (IAH)              76  52  81  54  81 /   0   0   0   0   0 
GALVESTON (GLS)            72  59  74  61  74 /  10   0   0   0   0 
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.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...GRIMES...
     JACKSON...MADISON...WALLER...WASHINGTON...WHARTON.
GM...NONE.
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