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FXUS64 KHGX 200449
AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1149 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS COVER ALMOST ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING.
AS EXPECTED...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED...BUT STILL EXPECT
SPEEDS TO REMAIN AROUND 10 KNOTS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT.
DO NOT EXPECT CEILINGS TO IMPROVE UNTIL AROUND MID MORNING TOMORROW...WITH
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON UNDER
GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS. SIMILAR TO SUNDAY...SHOULD SEE MVFR
CEILINGS DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST AND
THEN SPREAD INLAND TOMORROW EVENING.  42
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 930 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013/

UPDATE...
NO CHANGES PLANNED THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS TO
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN BROAD
SURFACE HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND DEEPENING
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. 38

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      73  92  73  91  73 /  10  10  10  20  40
HOUSTON (IAH)              75  91  74  90  73 /  10  10  10  20  30
GALVESTON (GLS)            75  79  75  80  73 /  10  10  10  10  20

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...WATERS
     FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60
     NM...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
     20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM...
     WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...38
AVIATION/MARINE...42