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AFOS product AFDHGX
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Product Timestamp: 2012-12-04 10:43 UTC
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874 FXUS64 KHGX 041043 AFDHGX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 443 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS SE TX TODAY. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES OF THE DAY INCLUDE EARLY MORNING FOG...RAINFALL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND STRENGTH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. LIKED THE GFS TIMING OF EVENTS. THE COLD FRONT...OR ELSE WIND SHIFT...WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES BY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN TO NEAR THE COAST BY AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. THE FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED THAT THE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUNDINGS ALSO FORECAST A CAP OVERHEAD THAT SHOULD BREAK DURING THE LATE MORNING PERIOD. THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS DEVELOP ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS MORNING... WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SET OF COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE MODELS PUSH THE AREA OF STORMS INTO THE INTERSTATE CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON PERIOD...AND THEN THE COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY EVENING. FORECAST CAPE VALUES OF AROUND 1000 TO 1500 AND FORECAST CAPE PROFILES INDICATE ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MAYBE SMALL HAIL. A SLIGHT DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS WILL THEN FILTER ACROSS SE TX... WITH ONSHORE WINDS RETURNING GULF MOISTURE BY THURSDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER SE TX BY THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE BAJA CA. THIS PATTERN SHOULD RETURN AT LEAST ISOLATED RAIN CHANCES TO SE TX OVER THE WEEKEND. 40 && .MARINE... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY. WITH A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVERHEAD...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH PUSHES EAST ON THURSDAY WITH WINDS BECOMING BACK ONSHORE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PUSHES EAST. 46 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 76 52 72 51 74 / 60 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 78 56 73 52 75 / 60 20 10 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 77 62 70 61 71 / 60 30 10 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ DISCUSSION...40 AVIATION/MARINE...46
435 FXUS64 KHGX 041043 CCA AFDHGX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 443 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS SE TX TODAY. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES OF THE DAY INCLUDE EARLY MORNING FOG...RAINFALL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND STRENGTH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. LIKED THE GFS TIMING OF EVENTS. THE COLD FRONT...OR ELSE WIND SHIFT...WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES BY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN TO NEAR THE COAST BY AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. THE FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME SEA FOG WAS ALSO PRESENT IN AND AROUND GALVESTON BAY WHERE SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S WERE PRESENT OVER WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S. THE SOUNDINGS FORECAST THE LOW-LEVEL INVERSION TO BREAK BY AROUND 9 AM. WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT TO SEE IF ANY DENSE FOG DEVELOPS OVER THE LAND AREAS AND MAY ISSUE AN ADVISORY LATER IF NEEDED. THE MODELS SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOWED THAT THE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUNDINGS ALSO FORECAST A CAP OVERHEAD THAT SHOULD BREAK DURING THE LATE MORNING PERIOD. THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS DEVELOP ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS MORNING... WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SET OF COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE MODELS PUSH THE AREA OF STORMS INTO THE INTERSTATE CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON PERIOD...AND THEN THE COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY EVENING. FORECAST CAPE VALUES OF AROUND 1000 TO 1500 AND FORECAST CAPE PROFILES INDICATE ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MAYBE SMALL HAIL. A SLIGHT DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS WILL THEN FILTER ACROSS SE TX... WITH ONSHORE WINDS RETURNING GULF MOISTURE BY THURSDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER SE TX BY THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE BAJA CA. THIS PATTERN SHOULD RETURN AT LEAST ISOLATED RAIN CHANCES TO SE TX OVER THE WEEKEND. 40 && .MARINE... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY. WITH A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVERHEAD...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH PUSHES EAST ON THURSDAY WITH WINDS BECOMING BACK ONSHORE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PUSHES EAST. 46 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 76 52 72 51 74 / 60 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 78 56 73 52 75 / 60 20 10 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 77 62 70 61 71 / 60 30 10 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ DISCUSSION...40 AVIATION/MARINE...46