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FXUS64 KFWD 291118
AFDFWD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
518 AM CST THU JAN 29 2015

.AVIATION...
AT 515 AM NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE REACHED HASLET AND DENTON...AND
WILL START THE 12Z METROPLEX TAFS WITH THE NORTHWEST WINDS. BY MID
AFTERNOON WINDS SHOULD GUST INTO THE LOW TO MID 20KT
RANGE...DECREASING AT SUNSET. SCT SKIES TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO A
HIGH OVERCAST ON FRIDAY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR THROUGH
AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS. RAIN
WILL LIKELY BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING.

THE WACO WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 15-16Z THIS MORNING...AGAIN
WITH NO RESTRICTIONS TO CIG/VSBY.   84

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 AM CST THU JAN 29 2015/
A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TAHLEQUAH
OKLAHOMA /KTQH/...TO ADA OKLAHOMA /KADA/...TO BOWIE /KOF2/ TO
SWEETWATER /KSWW/ WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY. THIS
FRONT SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR A PARIS TO DFW TO COMANCHE BY
DAYBREAK...AND TO SOUTHEAST OF A PALESTINE TO GEORGETOWN LINE BY
MID AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AS THE FRONT PASSES. DESPITE DECENT
INSOLATION TODAY /WITH ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS/...THE STRONG COLD
ADVECTION SHOULD RESULT IN STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 60 DEGREES ACROSS THE
SHERMAN TO GRAHAM AREA TO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE TEMPLE TO
PALESTINE AREA.

THE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER
SUNSET. WE WILL SEE CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BY EARLY
EVENING WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED AREA WIDE BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 30S NORTH TO MID 40S SOUTH.

ALL OF THE MAIN COMPUTER MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE ONSET OF
PRECIPITATION SO HAVE DONE LIKEWISE IN THE FORECAST. SOME LIGHT
RAIN SHOULD DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN
ZONES...AND SPREAD EASTWARD FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE BEST
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN
TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AS A SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE
NORTHERN STREAM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD BE
NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS...AND HIGHS OVER THE
WEEKEND WILL BE WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS WITH 40S TO MID 50S
EXPECTED BOTH DAYS. WITH DECREASING CLOUDS FROM THE NORTHWEST
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES FARTHER EAST...TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO MID 30S SOUTHEAST. HIGHS
ON MONDAY DESPITE THE SUNSHINE WILL ONLY BE IN THE 40S ACROSS
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY
WILL DIG SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES EASTWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT MAY BRING SOME LOW RAIN
CHANCES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME LINGERING LOW RAIN CHANCES IN THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY. EXPECT NEAR SEASONAL NORMAL
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

58

&&



.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  64  39  54  42  49 /   5   0   5  20  70
WACO, TX              68  41  56  42  54 /   5   5  10  20  70
PARIS, TX             62  34  53  38  48 /   5   0   5  20  40
DENTON, TX            62  36  53  40  48 /   5   0   5  30  70
MCKINNEY, TX          64  36  53  39  50 /   5   0   5  20  70
DALLAS, TX            64  39  54  42  51 /   5   0   5  20  70
TERRELL, TX           66  37  55  40  52 /   5   0   5  20  50
CORSICANA, TX         68  40  55  41  54 /   5   0   5  20  50
TEMPLE, TX            70  42  55  42  53 /   5   5  10  30  70
MINERAL WELLS, TX     62  36  52  40  47 /   5   5  10  40  80

&&

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

&&

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