876 
FXUS64 KHGX 250453
AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1153 PM CDT WED APR 24 2013

.AVIATION...
WILL BE MAKING SOME TWEAKS TO THE NEXT TAF SET WITH PCPN TRYING TO
WORK ITS WAY IN FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. TTU WRF MODEL APPEARS
TO HAVE INITIALIZED WELL AND HAVE TRENDED TAFS ACCORDINGLY. SPOTTY
SHRA COVERAGE SHOULD END FROM THE WEST AROUND MID/LATE MORNING. 41


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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 902 PM CDT WED APR 24 2013/ 

RADAR STILL PICKING UP ON SOME SPOTTY -RA NEAR THE COAST AND
OFFSHORE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER COOLER AIRMASS
AT THE SFC. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THIS SHOULD PROBABLY PERSIST THRU A
GOOD PART OF THE NIGHT ESP SW OF A COLUMBUS-GALVESTON LINE.
FWIW...18Z TX TECH WRF FCST REFLECTIVITY DOING A SUPERIOR JOB ESP
CONSIDERING THE ISO/SCT NATURE OF THE -RA. ELSEWHERE...LOOKS LIKE
CLOUDS ARE IN THE PROCESSES OF RETURNING ACROSS THE REST OF THE
REGION. OVERALL...JUST SOME INSIGNIFICANT TWEAKS TO THE 1ST PERIOD
GRIDS BASED ON LATEST TRENDS. 47

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      52  70  59  81  68 /  20  20  20  20  20 
HOUSTON (IAH)              54  72  59  81  69 /  20  20  20  20  20 
GALVESTON (GLS)            59  70  65  77  70 /  30  30  20  10  10 

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.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR 
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA 
     SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE 
     MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND 
     TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO 
     FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.

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