999 
FXUS64 KMAF 100735
AFDMAF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
235 AM CDT SAT APR 10 1999

MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBTROPICAL JET
CONTINUES TO STREAM EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST TEXAS FROM PACIFIC.
THIS JET PROGGED TO STAY IN PLACE ACROSS REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. MODEL
FORECAST CROSS SECTIONS APPARENTLY FINALLY BEGINNING TO PICK UP
ON THIS MOISTURE. WILL GO PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
TEMPS NO HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE. MENTIONED BREEZY CONDITIONS BEHIND
PACIFIC FRONT TODAY....HOPEFULLY GRADIENT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH
DESPITE CLOUDS. NEXT IN SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS PROGGED TO DIG
SOUTH ALONG CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH SHORT RANGE PERIOD WITH STRONG
30H JET ON BACK SIDE OF LOW. APPEARS THIS LOW WILL TRACK FARTHER
SOUTH THEN PREDECESSOR DUE TO LACK OF SIGNIFICANT KICKER. RESULT
WILL BE UPPER FLOW BACKING MUCH MORE THAN LAST STORM. GOING POPS IN
EXTENDED REASONABLE.

MAF 075/047/075/050 000
CNM 074/043/075/046 000
MRF 071/036/071/040 000
P07 083/054/078/058 000


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