Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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AFDEWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
314 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
EARLY THIS MORNING THE WEAK FRONTAL/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM
EAGLE PASS TO THREE RIVERS TO EAGLE LAKE. CONVECTION WAS STILL
FIRING ON THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE MESO-HIGH
LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL WEAKEN TODAY WITH SOUTHEAST LOW
LEVEL FLOW BECOMING RE-ESTABLISHED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
RANGING FROM THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO MID 90S
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. LOW CLOUDS WILL ROLL IN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
A TYPICAL MUGGY NIGHT EXPECTED WITH MORNING LOWS SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL. THURSDAY WILL START OUT CLOUDY BUT THE AFTERNOON WILL BE
MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT WITH HIGHS CLOSER TO MID/LATE JUNE NORMALS.
&&
.LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
A NORTH/SOUTH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL STILL BE LOCATED OVER
TEXAS ON FRIDAY AND WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION THRU
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE RIDGE ALOFT WILL FLATTEN OUT EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROF DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN U.S. THIS
IS A DRY SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SO NO
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. THE PERSISTENT RIDGING ALOFT
WILL ALSO RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE SURFACE
PATTERN WILL BE A PERSISTENT S TO SE LOW LEVEL FETCH OF THE GULF
OF MEXICO. THUS THE FAMILIAR LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER PATTERN OF
LATE NIGHT AND MORNING LOW CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED.
MOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES IS TRENDING TOWARDS CLIMO.
HAVE GONE ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE A COUPLE OF DEGREES BASED ON OUR
BIAS-CORRECTED DATABASE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 91 71 94 72 93 / 0 0 0 - -
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 90 69 92 70 91 / 0 0 0 - -
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 91 70 93 71 92 / 0 0 0 - -
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 88 68 91 70 89 / 0 0 0 - -
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 96 74 97 73 94 / 0 0 0 - -
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 88 69 91 71 89 / 0 0 0 - -
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 93 71 96 72 93 / 0 0 0 - -
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 90 70 92 71 91 / 0 0 0 - -
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 89 72 91 73 91 / - 0 0 - -
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 92 73 93 74 92 / 0 0 0 - -
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 91 72 93 72 91 / 0 0 0 - -
&&
.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
MESOSCALE/AVIATION...04
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...13