000 FXUS64 KEWX 281903 AFDSAT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 155 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003 LATE AFTN SHRA CONTINUING OVER EAST PART OF CWA TODAY IN REASPONSE TO DAYTIME HEATING IN MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND SUBTLE MODIFIED FNTL BNDRY...THAT CAME THRU THURSDAY NIGHT...DRIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO WEAKEN IN THE EVE HOURS. ON SUNDAY WILL SHOW WDLY SCT DAYTIME SHRA/TSRA OVER EAST PART OF CWA... WITH NO POPS FURTHER WEST. BY MONDAY WEAK 700 TO 300 HPA TROF TRIES TO EVOLVE OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH...ON SOUTHERN PART OF MORE PROGRESSIVE TROF TO THE NNE. THIS PATTERN CONTINUES TO EVOLVE OVER MAINLY EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF AREA TUESDAY. WILL SHOW POPS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN USUAL FOR LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY...IN THE 25 TO 30 PCT RANGE. WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...THE MAIN TRIGGER FOR SHRA MON AND TUE IN THIS SUMMER PATTERN...EXPECT ACITIVITY TO CALM DOWN IN THE EVE. BY WED AND THU THE WEAK 700 TO 300 HPA TROF IS SHOWN TO DRIFT SE AS WEAK EARLY JULY HIGH ALOFT TRIES TO BUILD SLIGHTLY OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WILL SHOW CHC OF SHRA WED EAST HALF OF CWA...THEN SHOW SLOW DECREASE IN POPS THURSDAY...WITH CHC OF SHRA EXTREME EAST PART OF S CNTRL TX TO SLGT CHC FURTHER WEST. BY FRIDAY THE 4TH AND SATURDAY THE 5TH...THE COMPOSITE PATTERN IN TIME ATTEMPTS TO SHOW MORE STABLE CONDITIONS GRADUALLY EVOLVE ALOFT FROM 700 TO 200 HPA HIGH FROM THE WEST. WILL CONT TO SLOWLY REDUCE POPS FRIDAY TO SLIGHT CHANCE EAST PART OF AREA TO NIL WEST. FOR SATURDAY WILL SHOW LESS THAN 20 PCT POPS EXTREME EAST PART OF CWA TO NO POPS FURTHER WEST. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 070/093 070/092 070 1002- SAT 074/094 074/093 072 1001- DRT 074/096 074/097 074 2002- .EWX...NONE. 08/11/DC