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FXUS64 KEWX 020006
AFDEWX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
706 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Sunday night)
Issued at 231 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

Radar trends show some isolated convection slowly developing for
areas generally along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor. With
continued heating, we expect to see additional showers and storms
develop over these areas as well as portions of the Hill Country
through this afternoon. Severe Thunderstorm Watch #365 for Lavaca and
DeWitt counties is ongoing, but may need to be cancelled early if
the current radar trends continue.

For the late evening into early Sunday morning, the focus for
convection will shift westward into the Rio Grande plains and
southern Edwards Plateau as a complex of storms is expected to move
out of the lower Trans Pecos region. A good amount of the hi-res
models and even some support from the global run of the GFS tend to
favor a complex of storms moving in, so we have increased rain
chances over the NBM. Exactly how far the complex can move across
our region is in question, but for now we have added rain chances to
the forecast for early tomorrow morning as far east as a Llano to
New Braunfels line. Some strong to severe storms are possible, with
large hail and damaging winds being the main concerns. For most of
the remainder of Sunday, we will keep the forecast dry. The
exception being across our north and northeastern counties where
models depict some isolated afternoon storms may develop.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Monday through Saturday)
Issued at 231 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

Overall stability begins to ramp up Monday, but another shortwave
pulls out of the westerlies from the higher terrain late Monday. The
deterministic runs show a pretty consistent signal for high plains
induced or dry-line storms forming out north/west and moving toward
our central counties in the evening. Storm strength and expected
coverage is chosen as a split between deterministic consensus and the
more conservative NBM.

Moisture in soils has not really improved much with the multiple
rounds of rain covering mostly over the Hill Country and Central TX.
Thus the high dew point environment over our southern counties may be
overdone in terms of the models not mixing out the air enough to
reflect the appropriate temperature and heat index that should both
be increasing for Monday. We think the HI will begin to approach
advisory levels but have low confidence, especially given the
erratic day-to-day trends we saw with the early season heat wave
last week. Height fields aloft appear to climb faster by Tuesday, and
this might be the next day a NPW product is warranted. Some light NW
flow remains over North TX so some isolated Hill Country convection
is noted for Tuesday afternoon.

More dominant high amplitude upper ridging builds over TX by
Wednesday, so the potential for northerly flow driven storms should
decrease over at least our portion of TX. This pattern also resembles
the more classic upper ridge driven heat wave, as opposed to the
plateau wind driven one from last week. As can be expected, this
could mean the beginning of our effective summer as the westerly flow
gets blocked. Similar to the previous heat wave, this upcoming hot
period could be made more unpleasant by relatively light afternoon
and evening winds with little help from isolated storm outflows or a
sea breeze. On a positive note the ECM/GFS solutions do show a
somewhat vulnerable upper ridge being chipped away by instability
dropping south from the high plains and also a possible early
monsoonal flow from Mexico, just outside the 7-day forecast window.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 640 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

All terminals are currently VFR and should remain that way through
the evening. There are isolated thunderstorms in Mexico west of Del
Rio. They are still a few of hours away and we have included a TEMPO
group from 04Z to 07Z. This timing may need to be adjusted. There is
a lower chance for convection overnight in Austin and San Antonio,
but chances are too low to include in the TAFs. Later tonight
ceilings will drop to MVFR at all sites. Recovery back to VFR will be
around noon Sunday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              77  94  78  95 /  10  10   0  10
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  76  93  77  94 /  10  10   0  10
New Braunfels Muni Airport     77  96  78  96 /  20  10   0  10
Burnet Muni Airport            74  90  75  92 /  10  10  10  10
Del Rio Intl Airport           79 100  82 100 /  30  10   0  10
Georgetown Muni Airport        73  91  76  92 /  10  20   0  10
Hondo Muni Airport             76  97  77  96 /  30  10   0  10
San Marcos Muni Airport        76  94  77  95 /  10  10   0  10
La Grange - Fayette Regional   78  92  77  93 /  10  20   0   0
San Antonio Intl Airport       78  96  79  95 /  30  10   0  10
Stinson Muni Airport           78  97  79  97 /  30  10   0   0

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

Short-Term...Platt
Long-Term...18
Aviation...05