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378 FXUS64 KEWX 061752 AFDEWX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1152 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015 .AVIATION.../18Z TAF CYCLE/ NICE FLYING CONDIITONS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TAF PERIOD WITH VFR PREVAILING AND LIGHT WINDS NEAR OR LESS THAN 5KT GENERALLY BECOMING EAST. NEAR SKC CONDITONS ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON WITH A SCT/BKN080 ALTOSTRATUS DECK SLOWLY EDGING NORTH FROM SOUTH TEXAS. THIS WILL MOVE OVER ALL SITES THROUGH THE EVENING AND MORNING HOURS SATURDAY BUT VFR WILL CONTINUE. /ALLEN/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1037 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015/ UPDATE... THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. OTHERWISE...MINOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE HOURLY TEMPERATURES, WINDS AND DEW POINTS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 528 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015/ UPDATE...12Z AVIATION BELOW. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH HIGH CIRRUS. MID LEVEL DECK AROUND 8-10K FEET MAY MOVE ACROSS EASTERN AREAS TONIGHT. NE WINDS 5-10 KTS ALONG AND E OF I-35 AND SE 5-12 KTS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2015/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... UPPER AIR ANALYSIS LAST EVENING SHOWED SPLIT FLOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH A NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH FROM MINNESOTA TO NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND A LOW CUTTING OFF WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA. A WEAK RIDGE WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO TEXAS FROM NORTHERN MEXICO. FLOW OVER THE REGION WAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. WINDS ACROSS OUR CWA WERE LIGHT FROM THE NORTH THROUGH NORTHEAST. SOME HIGH CLOUDS WERE STREAMING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST. DURING THIS PERIOD...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL DRIFT TO THE EAST TURNING THE WINDS TO THE EAST AND THEN SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BE A DRY PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SATURDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LOW THAT WAS OFF THE COAST OF BAJA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AS AN OPEN WAVE. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PATTERN. THESE WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN TO OUR CWA BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY WHEN THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH DRY WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURNING FOR THE END OF THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 50 35 59 43 54 / 0 0 0 20 50 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 48 32 58 42 53 / 0 0 0 40 50 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 51 36 58 44 55 / 0 0 0 50 50 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 48 32 56 41 53 / 0 0 0 20 50 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 52 39 60 47 60 / 0 0 0 40 30 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 48 32 57 41 53 / 0 0 0 20 50 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 52 37 59 45 58 / 0 0 0 50 50 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 50 34 58 43 55 / 0 0 0 40 50 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 50 34 59 45 54 / 0 0 0 30 50 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 52 37 59 46 56 / 0 0 0 50 50 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 52 38 60 46 57 / 0 0 0 50 50 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ MESOSCALE/AVIATION...15 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...24 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...33