FXUS64 KFWD 100243 AAB AFDFTW AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR PUBLIC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 943 PM CDT WED APR 9 2003 .PUBLIC DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE ZONES AND TAKE WINDS TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN MOST PLACES. MAY ALSO RAISE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN SOME AREAS JUST A BIT. #26 .AVIATION DISCUSSION... VFR NEXT 24 HOURS AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET...AND THEN PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 5-8KTS AROUND 15Z. 80 .PUBLIC DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 310 PM... VERY QUIET SPRING WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO PERSIST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. INSPECTION OF VISIBLE/IR SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALS CLEAR SKIES ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AS REGION IS UNDERNEATH STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL SUBSIDENCE BETWEEN DEEP CLOSED LOW OVER THE GULF COAST AND RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHWEST. CLEAR SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY FOR ALL AREAS. CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND LARGE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS WILL LEAD TO STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY FLIRTING WITH FREEZING ONCE AGAIN IN THE FAR NORTHEAST ZONES. HOWEVER...WILL NOT FORECAST FREEZING TEMPS WITH THIS PACKAGE. HAVE SLIGHTLY LOWERED TEMPS IN SOME LOCATIONS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH INDICATIONS OF MORE OF A SOUTH THAN SOUTHWEST WIND IN THE LOW LEVELS. LOW AMPLITUDE SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE WILL PROGRESS ACROSS TEXAS ON THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH VERY DRY LOW/MID LEVELS AN INCREASE IN CIRRUS IS ALL THAT IS EXPECTED. LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL BE AT A PREMIUM THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...AS SURFACE RIDGING CONTINUES ACROSS THE GULF. THUS...DESPITE WEAK RETURN FLOW BEGINNING AS EARLY AS TOMORROW...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL NOT INCREASE UNTIL NEXT MONDAY/TUESDAY. MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE FROM THE GFS/CANADIAN IS STILL ADVERTISING A MORE PROGRESSIVE TROUGH MOVING INLAND FROM THE PACIFIC EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE EUROPEAN/NOGAPS ADVERTISING A SLOWER AND DEEPER SOLUTION. AT THIS TIME...AM INCLINED TO FOLLOW THE MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION...ESPECIALLY GIVEN CLIMATOLOGY AND THE FACT THAT AN UPSTREAM TROUGH WILL BE MOVING DOWN THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AT THE TIME. THUS...WILL LEAVE IN CURRENT FORECAST OF CHANCE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR NEXT TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL A GOOD DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM. DFW 37 73 49 78 / 0 0 0 0 ACT 36 75 48 80 / 0 0 0 0 PRX 34 70 46 75 / 0 0 0 0 DTO 36 72 48 77 / 0 0 0 0 TKI 35 72 47 77 / 0 0 0 0 DAL 37 73 49 78 / 0 0 0 0 TRL 36 72 48 77 / 0 0 0 0 CRS 36 74 48 79 / 0 0 0 0 TPL 36 76 49 81 / 0 0 0 0 .FWD...NONE. 65/DD