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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
302 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...
CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MEXICAN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING
AND MOVE TOWARD THE EAST. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THESE
STORMS TO MOVE INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY. FORECAST CAPE IS AROUND 2000
J/KG...SO POTENTIAL IS FOR SOME STORMS TO BE SEVERE. WE HAVE
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 10
PM. THE REST OF THE CWA WILL BE RAIN FREE AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE IS CENTERED OVER THE GULF WITH SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW FROM
THE GULF. THIS WILL KEEP MOIST AIR IN PLACE. SKIES WILL BECOME
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE RIDGE AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE REGION FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
SATURDAY THE SLIGHT CHANCE WILL SPREAD TO THE EAST AS FAR AS
I10/I37. BY SATURDAY NIGHT THE UPPER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE AWAY
ENDING RAIN CHANCES FOR THE AREA. THEN THE ENTIRE CWA WILL BE IN
THE REPEATING PATTERN OF OVERNIGHT/MORNING CLOUDS AND CLEARING
AFTERNOONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AND BE MOSTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THE
NEXT CHANGE WILL COME WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS AND BRING A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR CWA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              74  93  73  94  71 /  10  10  10  10  -
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  73  91  72  93  69 /  10  10  10  10  -
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT     73  92  71  93  70 /  10  10  10  10  -
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT            71  89  70  90  68 /  10  10  10  10  10
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           77  94  76  94  73 /  20  20  20  20  10
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT        72  89  71  91  69 /  10  10  10  10  -
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT             75  94  74  93  71 /  10  10  10  20  10
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT        74  91  73  92  70 /  10  10  10  10  -
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL   75  91  74  91  71 /  10  10  10  10  -
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       75  92  74  92  72 /  10  10  10  20  -
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT           75  92  74  92  71 /  10  10  10  20  -

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$

MESOSCALE/AVIATION...01
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...05
PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...30

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