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FXUS64 KCRP 180240 AAA
AFDCRP

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
940 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SMOKE
MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THIS SMOKE/HAZE WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL
COUNTIES SATURDAY MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND 5 SM.
STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS BROUGHT IN LOW STRATUS TO THE
COASTAL WATERS/COASTAL COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND WILL COVER THE
REST OF SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW
WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.MARINE...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN AT SCEC LEVEL OVER THE GULF
WATERS TONIGHT. EXPECT SMOKE WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
OVERNIGHT LIMITING VSBY OFFSHORE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 631 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013/

DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

AVIATION...VFR AT THE START OF THE TAF PERIOD BECOMING MVFR
OVERNIGHT...THEN RETURNING TO VFR DURING DAYLIGHT HRS SATURDAY.
WAA OVERNIGHT XCPTD TO LEAD TO SCT TO BKN LLVL CLOUD DVLPMNT WITH
CIGS AT MVFR LEVELS. MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD DVLP FIRST AT KVCT
LATE THIS EVENING...KCRP/KALI AOB 6Z...AND THEN KLRD BRIEFLY
AROUND SUNRISE. MVFR CLOUD DECK SHOULD MIX OUT BY MID MRNG WITH
VFR CIGS PREVAILING FOR REST OF TAF PERIOD. VSBYS MAY BRIEFLY
BECOME REDUCED TO MVFR LEVELS AT KVCT OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONALLY...AREAS OF HAZE /LARGE AREA OF PARTICULATE MATTER
ADVECTING NWRD FROM YUCATAN AREAS OF MEX/ CURRENTLY XCPTD AT
KCRP/KVCT SAT AFTN WHICH MAY REDUCE VSBYS. DECENT SRLY LLJ
OVERNIGHT SHOULD PREVENT PBL FROM DECOUPLING AND THUS SFC WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN ELEVATED. LLJ TO MIX TO SFC DURING DAY SAT WITH
MODERATE TO STRONG SE WINDS XPCTD ALL TERMINALS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    75  91  75  90  75  /   0   0   0  10  10
VICTORIA          73  89  73  87  74  /   0   0  10  10  10
LAREDO            75 101  76 100  76  /  10   0  10  10  10
ALICE             73  95  73  93  74  /   0   0   0  10  10
ROCKPORT          74  84  75  85  75  /   0   0  10  10  10
COTULLA           73 100  73  97  75  /  10   0  10  10  10
KINGSVILLE        74  91  74  90  75  /   0   0   0  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       75  84  75  85  75  /   0   0   0  10  10

&&

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

&&

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