000 AWUS44 KFWD 211055 SWSTX NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 AM CST THU FEB 21 2002 MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WERE SWINGING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. WITH DRY AIR AT THE LOW LEVELS...LIGHT PRECIPITATION FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS WAS NOT REACHING THE GROUND. WITH A COLD FRONT DRAPED OVER NORTH TEXAS...WINDS WERE GENERALLY NORTHERLY AT 10 MPH OR LESS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS...AND SOUTHERLY AT 10 MPH OR LESS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES AT 4 AM WERE IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. FOR THE REST OF THE STATE...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE PANHANDLE AND NORTH TEXAS...AND CLEAR ELSEWHERE. THERE WERE SOME LOCAL AREAS OF FOG ALONG THE GULF COAST. WINDS ACROSS THE STATE WERE NORTHERLY FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTH TEXAS...WESTERLY FOR THE BIG BEND REGION...AND SOUTHERLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURE EXTREMES AT 4 AM WERE 34 AT JUNCTION AND 59 AT BROWNSVILLE. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AND THE BIG BEND REGION...WITH THE 40S FOR THE PANHANDLE. $$ THE FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS TODAY CALLS FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. TONIGHT...DECREASING CLOUDS WITH LOWS IN THE 30S. FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S.