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AFDFWD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
327 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...
NORTH TEXAS IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE CLOUDY AND COOL
WEATHER WITH ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO BEAR THROUGH. DEWPOINTS HAVE
BEEN INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO
OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS. ANOTHER ROUND OF
RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND HAVE
BEEN AGGRESSIVE WITH POPS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ONE WAVE OF RAIN
IS ALREADY MOVING ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS BUT AN INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AS ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTINUES AND
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THIS SHORTWAVE IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN NORTH TEXAS NEAR DAYBREAK AND THUS BEST
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL
EXIT THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES.

BEYOND TUESDAY...WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE
EAST ON WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF FOG WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
MORNING. WE SHOULD SEE THE ATMOSPHERE START TO CLEAR OUT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS SOUTHWEST WINDS PREVAIL AND TEMPERATURES WARM. THE
COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK TO ARRIVE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WILL
BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
FRONT WILL CLEAR THE CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN A PLEASANT
FORECAST IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A 1021 DM SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT AND THAT WILL HELP BRING SUNNY SKIES BACK TO NORTH
TEXAS WITH PLEASANT TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
ANOTHER REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AND DRY AIR FROM CANADA WILL
ARRIVE ON SATURDAY...KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

82/JLD

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  60  67  67  82  68 /  90 100  30  20  30 
WACO, TX              67  71  71  86  74 /  90  90  30  20  10 
PARIS, TX             59  64  60  74  65 /  90 100  50  20  50 
DENTON, TX            60  66  64  81  65 /  90 100  30  20  40 
MCKINNEY, TX          61  65  64  81  66 /  90 100  40  20  40 
DALLAS, TX            61  67  67  81  69 /  90 100  40  20  30 
TERRELL, TX           62  67  66  81  69 /  90 100  40  20  30 
CORSICANA, TX         65  70  70  83  71 /  90  90  40  20  20 
TEMPLE, TX            66  74  72  87  73 /  90  90  30  20  10 

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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