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FXUS64 KFWD 221952
AFDFWD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
252 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

.DISCUSSION...
DEWPOINTS ARE RECOVERING TODAY SO TONIGHT WILL BE A LITTLE
WARMER. LOW CLOUDS SOUTH OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON WILL RETURN
OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF LATER TONIGHT AS A WEAK BOUNDARY MOVES
NORTHWARD. THE CLOUDS SHOULD BREAK BY LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY
WHILE THE BOUNDARY STALLS AROUND I-20. OVERALL...THURSDAY WILL BE A
NICE DAY AS HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S...SKIES
MOSTLY CLEAR AND LIGHT WINDS.

RIDGING WILL BUILD ALOFT TO THE WEST THEN SLIDE OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS BY FRIDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING
CONVECTION OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME OF IT MOVING EAST ALONG AN
ELEVATED FRONT AND ACROSS PARTS OF OUR CWA. OUR EVALUATION OF
SHORTWAVE LIFT...FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND CROSS SECTION PROFILES
INDICATE THAT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE AT OR ABOVE 500MB
(18,000 FEET) WITH DRIER AIR BELOW. AS A RESULT...FEEL THERE COULD
BE SOME ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS TO ENTER THE CWA FROM THE WEST-
NORTHWEST...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVAPORATE BEFORE
REACHING THE GROUND. IF THE CONVECTION IS ABLE TO TAP MOISTURE
CLOSER TO 850 MB... THEN A PSEUDO INVERTED-V SOUNDING WOULD
ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR VIRGA TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES.
ERGO...WE ARE NOT OVERLY EXCITED ABOUT RAINFALL BUT WILL CARRY LOW
POPS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SOME OF THE PANHANDLE CONVECTION MOVING
INTO THE CWA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

HAVE DECIDED TO END THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION ON SATURDAY NIGHT
AND KEEP IT DRY THOUGHT THE REST OF THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES
OVER THE THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE SEASONAL.
SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.      75

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  65  88  71  85  69 /  10  10  10  10  10
WACO, TX              67  90  70  88  69 /  10  10  10  10  10
PARIS, TX             61  84  65  81  63 /  10  10  20  10  10
DENTON, TX            62  87  68  84  67 /  10  10  20  10  10
MCKINNEY, TX          63  87  70  84  67 /  10  10  10  10  10
DALLAS, TX            67  91  73  88  71 /  10  10  10  10  10
TERRELL, TX           65  90  71  86  68 /  10  10  10  10  10
CORSICANA, TX         67  91  71  88  69 /  10  10  10  10  10
TEMPLE, TX            68  91  70  87  68 /  10  10  10  10  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     64  91  70  86  68 /  10  10  10  10  20

&&

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

&&

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