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FXUS64 KEWX 132035
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
235 PM CST FRI DEC 13 2013

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...
PCPN CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER
NEW MEXICO KICKS OUT TO THE EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE
BACK EDGE OF THE PCPN WAS APPROACHING THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND SHOULD
CLEAR OUR EASTERN COUNTIES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. CLEARING SKIES...LIGHT
WINDS AND WET SOILS WILL LEAD TO FOG FORMATION...WITH VSBYS BELOW
1 MILE...BEFORE MIDNIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. PATCHY
DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF THE PRE-FRONTAL SFC
TROF SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID/UPPER
30S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR 50 SOUTHEAST. THE PRE-FRONTAL
SFC TROF WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING SHIFTING
WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
THE COLD FRONT...SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 30 MPH. CAA WILL KEEP AFTERNOON HIGHS BELOW NORMAL NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 90...RANGING FROM THE LOWER 50S HILL COUNTRY TO MID 60S
SOUTHWEST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE EDWARDS
PLATEAU SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO A COLD NIGHT WITH LOWS
SUNDAY MORNING AT OR BELOW FREEZING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90...NOT
INCLUDING THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METRO AREAS.

&&

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...
THE LONG AWAITED WARMING TREND WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME
ZONAL BY WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO
SOUTHWEST BY FRIDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROF.
THIS UPPER LEVEL FEATURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON
FRIDAY MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. OTHERWISE A DRY WEATHER PATTERN
IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REBOUND
TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS BY MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. A COUPLE OF COLD
MORNINGS WILL STILL OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE DRY AIRMASS
STILL IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. MORNING LOWS WILL THEN WARM
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK AS SFC WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO
THE SOUTH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              41  56  33  59  34 /  10   0   0   0   0
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  37  55  30  58  31 /  10   0   0   0   0
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT     39  58  31  59  33 /  10   0   0   0   0
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT            39  52  30  58  32 /  -    0   0   0   0
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           39  59  32  60  33 /  -    0   0   0   0
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT        38  53  30  57  32 /  10   0   0   0   0
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT             39  62  30  63  31 /  -    0   0   0   0
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT        39  56  31  57  32 /  10   0   0   0   0
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL   46  56  34  56  32 /  30   0   0   0   0
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       42  61  33  62  34 /  -    0   0   0   0
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT           43  62  34  63  33 /  -    0   0   0   0

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$

MESOSCALE/AVIATION...01
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...13
PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...12