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230 FXUS64 KEWX 310324 AAA AFDEWX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1024 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014 .UPDATE... WE HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REMOVE THE MENTION OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND HILL COUNTRY. SOME LIGHT RADAR ECHOES ARE NOTED ON KDFX RADAR... BUT THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OTHERWISE...MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE CLOUD COVER... WINDS AND DEW POINTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 631 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014/ AVIATION...ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO A MAJORITY OF THE EXISTING TAFS FOR WIND DIRECTION...SPEED...AND CLOUD COVER. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT WAS APPLIED TO THE DRT TAF...AS KDFX RADAR SHOWS A DECENT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPROACHING THE CITY FROM THE NORTHEAST. THUS...INSERTED A QUICK TEMPO FOR EXPECTED HIGHER WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. OVERALL...VFR RIGHT NOW WILL YIELD TO MVFR FOR MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A LOW DECK OF STRATUS DEVELOPS AND PERSISTS WITH LIGHT WINDS IN PLACE. VFR WILL RAPIDLY RE-DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW MORNING WITH INCREASING SURFACE WINDS...ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...AND DAYTIME HEATING. MVFR MAY TRY TO SHOW ITS HAND AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT WITH SIMILAR ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITHIN THIS PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 321 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AGAIN DEVELOPED ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU TO HILL COUNTRY AND NEAR THE COASTAL PLAINS. AS WITH THE LAST FEW DAYS...THEY WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...THOUGH LINGERING ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. A MOIST AIRMASS CONTINUES ON SUNDAY AS A SHEAR AXIS LINGERS OVER TEXAS. EXPECT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND ALONG THE SEABREEZE. HAVE EXTENDED POPS A LITTLE WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR WITH ACTIVITY AGAIN DISSIPATING BY SUNSET. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER TEXAS BY MONDAY AND PERSISTS THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ONLY ACROSS THE FAR EAST MONDAY DUE TO THE SEABREEZE. THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SLIGHTLY TUESDAY ALLOWING AN EASTERLY WAVE TO BRING SOME DEEPER MOISTURE BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HAVE MAINTAINED THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS A LARGER PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS BACK SOUTH FRIDAY WITH A DRIER AIRMASS ENDING POPS BY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 75 96 77 98 77 / 10 10 10 - - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 73 96 75 98 76 / 10 20 10 - - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 74 96 75 98 76 / 10 20 10 - - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 73 94 75 96 75 / 10 10 10 - - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 77 98 77 99 78 / 10 - 10 - 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 75 95 77 97 76 / 10 10 10 - - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 72 96 74 98 75 / 10 10 10 - - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 74 96 76 98 76 / 10 20 10 - - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 75 95 76 96 76 / 10 30 10 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 76 96 78 98 78 / 10 10 10 - - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 75 97 77 99 78 / 10 20 10 - - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ MESOSCALE/AVIATION...99 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...24 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...12