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FXUS44 KCRP 090718
AFDCRP
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
217 AM CST THU APR 9 1998

A NEARLY ZONAL TO SLIGHT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT
48 HOURS KEEPING A STABLE WEATHER PATTERN IN PLACE THRU SATURDAY.
AT THE SURFACE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY
KEEPING A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE AND A RELAXING WIND FIELD.  WITH THE
RELAXING WIND FIELD AND AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD LATE TODAY...
A WEAK SEA-BREEZE FRONT COULD DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON CAUSING SHALLOW
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE/HIGHER DEW-POINTS TO MOVE INLAND INTO THE COASTAL
BEND...THIS SHALLOW MOISTURE MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT FOG FRIDAY MORNING.
ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES FURTHER EAST...THE GULF WILL OPEN UP
AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND DEW-POINTS WILL BE IN THE INCREASE LEADING
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING.

UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS
A PACIFIC STORMS SYSTEM HEADS TOWARD TEXAS LATE IN THE WEEKEND.
GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...HOWEVER
MAIN DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO STAY NORTH OF SOUTH TEXAS.
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WRK ZONES...
.TODAY...SUNNY.  N-NE WIND 10 MPH BECOMING E LATE FOR VCT...NE WIND
10-15 MPH BECOMING E LATE AND NE-E WIND 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT...CLEAR SKIES...PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE FOR CRP LATE.  A LIGHT
WIND FOR VCT...A LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WIND FOR CRP AND E-SE WIND
NEAR 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PATCHY FOG FOR CRP...OTHERWISE SUNNY.  SE WIND NEAR 10 FOR
VCT...SE WIND 10-15 FOR CRP AND SE WIND NEAR 15 FOR LRD.

TEMPS AND NO POPS...
CRP UU 082/055 082/060 082
NGP    079/058 079/062 079
VCT UU 079/051 080/057 081
LRD UU 084/057 086/063 088

LUNA...0074