Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
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705 FXUS64 KFWD 291047 AFDFWD Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 547 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ Update: Patchy dense fog has developed across almost all of North and Central Texas this morning. The visibility in most of our Central Texas population centers along the I-35 corridor have improved, but rural portions the counties are likely still experiencing dense fog. Due to this, we have not cancelled the Dense Fog Advisory for any counties with the morning forecast update. Rainfall over the weekend has resulted in several rivers east of I-35 rising into flood stage. The most notable rises are along the Trinity River, where we currently have flood warnings active from Dallas through Long Lake/Oakwood. Multiple locations near or along the Trinity River are expected to rise to Moderate flood stage. For more information regarding area river heights and active river flood warnings please visit: water.noaa.gov/wfo/FWD Bonnette Previous Discussion: /Monday and Tuesday/ Thunderstorms have finally exited our area. A cluster of training storms continues across Southeast Texas--just south our forecast area--so many of our southeasternmost counties will hear plenty of thunder through the pre-dawn hours. While most of this activity will remain to our south, a few storms could clip our southernmost counties before sunrise. In the wake of the wet weekend and the lack of a dry airmass moving through, fog is expected across most of the area this morning. We have a local rule of thumb coined the "shortwave rule" that states when rain falls, there is no cold front or other dry airmass passage, and light winds/clear skies are forecast overnight, fog will occur. Patchy dense fog has already developed just east of the cirrus blow off from the aforementioned storms. Expect the fog and very low stratus bank to expand through the morning and cover most of our area during the Monday morning commute. We have issued a Dense Fog advisory for much of our forecast area through 9 AM this morning. It is pretty rare for our office to issue a Dense Fog Advisory in late April. In fact, we have only issued 6 Dense Fog Advisories on or after this date since 2006. Visibility will improve within an couple hours of sunrise, with rapidly improving conditions by the mid to late morning. Mostly clear skies and light winds are expected this afternoon with highs in the mid 80s. Despite it already feeling muggy, south flow will return tonight and draw warm/moist air north. Stratus will creep north early Tuesday and should should dissipate in the late morning. Tomorrow`s afternoon highs should be a couple degrees higher than today, however the extra moisture will result in heat index values peaking in the upper 80s to low 90s. Most will be dry, but there is a 20% chance of an isolated warm advection shower across the southeast. A dryline will develop well to our west that should initiate thunderstorms late in the day near Childress. There is a less than 10% chance that a storm will be able to continue long enough into the evening to move into our forecast area late Tuesday. Bonnette && .LONG TERM... /Issued 334 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024/ Update: No major changes were made to the previous forecast, therefore, the discussion below remains valid. Another foggy early morning is expected east of I-35 Tuesday night into sunrise Wednesday. Periodic rain chances will continue through much of the week with the greatest rain potential arriving on Thursday. Strong to severe storms will be possible, but timing/location remain uncertain at this time. Rain chances will continue through the weekend, however, a complete washout is not expected. Slightly cooler temperatures are expected, with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s and 60s. Hernandez Previous Discussion: /Monday Night Onward/ Quiet weather will continue Monday night into Tuesday, but a weak disturbance aloft will help ignite thunderstorms along the dryline Tuesday afternoon and evening. The dryline will be located over the Big Country, where convective initiation should take place. Storms would likely end up being isolated in nature thanks to the presence of a strong capping inversion, but a storm or two may still reach severe thresholds somewhere west of I-35. Better storm chances will begin on Wednesday as an upper trough approaches from the northwest. Height falls in advance of the trough will lead to more thunderstorm development along the dryline. A cap will still be in place, but and added upper level support should help convection overcome the cap, leading to scattered storms across mainly the western half of the region Wednesday evening. A secondary swath of showers and storms may enter the southeast counties Wednesday afternoon as an active sea/gulf breeze enters from the south. The better severe threat will exist with the dryline convection (west of I-35), while a lower threat will accompany the seabreeze storms. The upper trough will drop southeast through the Southern Plains Thursday through Thursday night. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop by Thursday afternoon, and may grow upscale into a linear MCS while becoming focused along an attendant cold front. Strong to severe storms will be possible as activity pushes southeast through the region Thursday night, with precipitation exiting to the southeast Friday morning with the front. Another lull in the active weather pattern will take place on Friday, which should actually end up being a nice post-frontal day with drier air and highs in the 70s. Clouds will rapidly increase on Saturday, however, as a shortwave embedded in the subtropical jet approaches from the west. The front will again become focus for convective development as it lifts north as a warm front on Saturday. The severe weather potential is uncertain, however, as it may become dependent on how rapidly the warm sector arrives. Whatever the case, rain chances will continue into next Sunday, followed by warmer and drier weather to start the following week as ridging develops aloft. 30 && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /12Z TAFs/ The D10 TAF sites have been socked in with 1/4 SM visibility and ceilings at 100 ft since about 07Z. These conditions are expected to continue for the next 2-3 hours. Conditions should start to improve after 13Z, but LIFR is expected through at least 15Z. The TAFs may be a bit optimistic with the quick improvement, but we will have a better idea regarding this after data from our RAOB data comes in after the top of the hour so we can assess how thick the stratus deck is. A thicker stratus deck would result in a slower improvement than what is currently in the forecast. Either way, the trend should start with visibility improving to a low stratus deck, then the stratus should lift and scatter in the mid to late morning. All locations should improve to VFR by ~16-17Z. After the morning fog burns off, great flying weather is expected today with light winds and mostly clear skies. Prevailing south flow will return late in the afternoon. Bonnette && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 84 64 85 69 83 / 0 0 0 10 20 Waco 83 64 83 68 82 / 0 0 10 5 30 Paris 81 60 83 66 83 / 0 0 0 5 30 Denton 83 63 84 68 82 / 0 0 0 10 20 McKinney 82 62 83 68 82 / 0 0 0 5 20 Dallas 85 64 85 69 84 / 0 0 5 5 20 Terrell 82 62 83 68 82 / 0 0 5 5 30 Corsicana 84 63 85 70 84 / 0 0 10 5 30 Temple 85 64 85 69 83 / 0 0 10 5 30 Mineral Wells 85 62 86 68 83 / 0 0 0 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Dense Fog Advisory until 9 AM CDT this morning for TXZ091>095- 101>107-116>123-130>135-141>148-156>161. && $$