272 FXUS64 KHGX 100910 AFDHGX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 310 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016 .DISCUSSION... TEMPS ARE IN THE MID/UPPER 30S ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SE TX EARLY THIS MORNING WITH NEAR 50 ALONG THE COAST. STILL HAVE A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DW PTS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 40S COAST. WILL SEE WARMER TEMPS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS W/SW AREAS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A WARMUP THE REST OF THE WEEK AND MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REALLY RISE ON THU/FRI. MODEL GUIDANCE IS STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A MORE PROGRESSIVE MID/UPPER PATTERN DEVELOPS THIS WEEKEND WITH A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING ON SUN AND PASSING THROUGH SE TX ON MONDAY. WILL SEE A BRIEF AND WEAK CF MOVE IN FROM THE NE AND STALL ACROSS SE TX ON SATURDAY. WILL SEE ANOTHER COLD FRONT PASS THROUGH ON MONDAY...AND WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF THIS 2ND BOUNDARY. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT IS MILD...SO NEAR NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED IN ITS WAKE FOR THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK. 33 && .MARINE... EAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY UNDER A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...AND CAUTION FLAGS MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST FROM THE END OF THE WEEK AND ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. 42 && .FIRE... LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25% TO 30% INLAND AND 40% TO 45% AT THE COAST. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. 42 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 70 49 76 51 74 / 0 0 0 0 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 67 50 76 54 77 / 0 0 0 0 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 62 56 70 56 72 / 0 0 0 0 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ DISCUSSION...33