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FXUS64 KHGX 091008
AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
408 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER CLOUDY COOL DAY ON TAP WITH INCREASING AREAS OF DRIZZLE/-RA
DEVELOPING THRU THE DAY. A REINFORCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES
THRU THE AREA LATER IN THE AFTN AND EVENING WHICH SHOULD
EVENTUALLY SHUNT PRECIP SEWD WITH THE COOLER/DRIER AIR. THOUGH
GUIDANCE IS ALL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING THIS...STILL
NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS TO VERIFY SINCE TEMPS SHOULD FALL
BELOW FREEZING ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT.

MANY LOCATIONS COULD ACTUALLY SEE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ON
TUES FOR A CHANGE...BUT WITH A SW FLOW ALOFT THERE`S NO GUARANTEES.

A 2ND REINFORCING FRONT MOVES IN LATE WED AS SFC HIGH PRES SLIDES
SEWD FROM THE MIDWEST TOWARD THE EAST COAST.

UPPER TROF NOW SITUATED OFF THE N CA COAST WILL BE THE NEXT WX
MAKER HERE LATE IN THE WORK WEEK AS IT MAKES ITS WAY EASTWARD
ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS THU-SAT AND INTERACTS WITH COASTAL TROF OR
WARM FRONT NEAR TX COAST. EXPECT INCREASING POPS EARLY FRI...ENDING
W/ FRONTAL PASSAGE SAT MORNING OR AFTN.  47

&&

.MARINE...
LIGHT/MODERATE NE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AHEAD OF A REINFORCING
COLD FRONT SCHEDULED TO MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. A
RETURN TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT
WITH ADVISORY/CAUTION FLAGS LIKELY BY TUES MORNING ON THROUGH WEDS
MORNING. A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE ELEVATED WINDS/SEAS ON WEDS DUR-
ING THE DAY THEN THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS UP AGAIN BY WEDS NIGHT WITH
THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER REINFORCING COLD FRONT. ELEVATED WINDS/SEAS
(NEAR ADVISORY/CAUTION CRITERIA) PROGGED FOR WEDS NIGHT INTO THURS
AFTN OR SO. THEREAFTER...THE SFC RIDGE SHOULD MOVE FAR ENOUGH EAST
TO ALLOW FOR THE RETURN OF ONSHORE WINDS BY FRI. 41

&&

.AVIATION...
CALM WINDS/LOW DEWPOINT SPREADS ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IFR
AND LIFR CIGS/VIS THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS MAY NOT IMPROVE UN-
TIL LATE THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTN AS WINDS ALOFT ALSO REMAIN GENERAL-
LY LIGHT. EVEN THEN PCPN AND MVFR CIGS WILL LIKELY STAY IN THE TAFS
AS THE STRONG SWLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD/
DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT/OVERNIGHT...THAT
SHOULD SCOUR OUT THE LOWER IFR/LIFR CIGS AND THE PCPN. 41

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      41  28  45  29  50 /  30  30  10  10  10
HOUSTON (IAH)              48  35  49  33  51 /  40  40  10  10  10
GALVESTON (GLS)            52  40  50  42  55 /  40  40  10  10  10

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

$$