221 FXUS64 KCRP 291922 AFDCRP COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 215 PM CDT THU JUL 29 1999 DISCUSSION...AVN TIME CROSS-SECTIONS SUPPORT A CONTINUED STATUS-QUO WEATHER PATTERN AS RELATIVELY DRY AND HOT (CLIMATOLOGICAL NORM) CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. UPPER TROPOSHERIC LOW CIRCULATION WILL MAINTAIN A WNW TRANSLATION TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS AND MOVE INLAND OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND HILL COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN PRESENT THROUGH THE CYCLE..HOWEVER MOISTURE DEPTH DECREASES RAPIDLY ABOVE THIS LAYER. FLAT AND SCT CUMULUS FIELD VIEWABLE OUT THE OFFICE WINDOW IS EVIDENT OF THE DRY AND SUBSIDENT WX REGIME. AS UPPER LOW PUSHES INLAND..EXPECT THE MOIST ERN SIDE OF THE LOW TO GENERATE ISOLATED SHRA OVER THE COASTAL LOCATIONS BY FRI NIGHT. EXTENDED FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY. THE FORECAST NUMBERS ARE NEXT... CRP UU 074/095 076/094 076 76000 VCT UU 074/095 075/095 076 76000 LRD UU 078/101 079/101 078 76000 NGP 078/090 078/090 078 BML.76 / JMC.84 / TMR.92 .CRP...NONE.