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FXUS64 KHGX 091931
AFDHOU

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
230 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2000

AFTERNOON RADAR AND SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW LAND CONVECTION FIRING 
ALONG THE SEABREEZE FRONT...LIMITED SO FAR TO EASTERN CHAMBERS 
COUNTY AND AREAS TO THE EAST INTO LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE 
POPPING UP AND THEN GOING AWAY OVER OFFSHORE GULF WATERS IN 
ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPPER LOW NOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND 
APPROACHING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AGAIN 
APPEARS TO BE HIGHEST PRECIPITABLE WATER AXIS THAT IS PROGGED TO 
REMAIN IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES AND ON INTO LOUISIANA. THESE NEAR 2 
INCH VALUES DECREASE TOMORROW AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO MEXICO AND 
SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS TO INVADE THE AREA UNDER THE STRONG MID/UPPER 
LEVEL SOUTHERN STATES HIGH. THIS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MAKE ITS WAY 
TO THE WEST DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK WITH OUR AREA REMAINING UNDER 
ITS WARM AND DRY INFLUENCE. FOR THE ZONES...WILL KEEP LINGERING POPS 
IN OUR EXTREME EASTERN ZONES AND ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT. WILL KEEP 
20% POPS ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES TOMORROW SINCE A FEW STORMS MAY 
DEVELOP BEFORE THE UPPER LOW IN THE GULF MOVES FAR ENOUGH OFF TO THE 
WEST. AFTER THAT...EXPECT RAIN TO ALL BUT SHUTDOWN FOR THE REST OF 
THE WEEK (AN ISOLATED SEABREEZE INDUCED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY 
DEVELOP UNDER MAX HEATING...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE 
EXTENDED FORECAST) AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING STAYS STRONG.

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.KHGX...NONE.

PRELIMS...
CLL BB 072/098 073/098 074 420-0
IAH BB 073/096 074/097 074 42010
GLS BB 080/090 080/090 079 42220