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FXUS64 KEWX 151106
AFDEWX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
606 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021

.AVIATION...
CIGs will fall to IFR in the next hour at all sites with TEMPOs of
LIFR and restrictions to VSBY this morning. SHRA/TSRA are currently
developing at or in the VCNTY of all sites and have maintained -SHRA
and/or VCTS/VCSH. CIGs rise to MVFR this afternoon, then fall back to
IFR this evening, then LIFR tonight with BR developing. NE-E winds of
5 to 13 KTs become SE at KDRT this afternoon and at the I-35 sites
tonight. Just beyond this TAF period, a dryline passes the sites.
CIGs erode to VFR and winds become NW at KDRT late Friday morning and
at the I-35 sites Friday afternoon.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021/

SHORT TERM (Today through Friday)...
Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Rio Grande into the
Edwards Plateau as upward forcing increases ahead of a mid level
impulse early this morning and continue into late morning. Elevated
instability with MUCAPE of 1000 to 1500 J/Kg and lapse rates of 7
C/km suggest a few storms may become strong to severe with large
hail the main threat. Another mid level impulse moves across Texas
this afternoon bringing showers and thunderstorms to the Hill
Country and our Central Texas counties due to upward forcing. In
addition, a thunderstorm or two may come off the Serranias del Burro
and cross the Rio Grande later this afternoon. Elevated instability
increases to 1500 to 2000 J/kg and lapse rates near 8 C/km with bulk
shear of 60+ KTs and SRH of 150 m2/s2. These values continue the
potential of strong to severe storms for midday into the afternoon.
Large hail remains the main threat with damaging wind gusts also
possible. Much cooler and below normal temperatures are expected due
to cold advection with the front to our south underneath multiple
layers of thick clouds along with areas of rain.

As an upper level trough moves over the Central Rockies, the front
moves back north tonight into early Friday morning. Warm advection
will generate chances of showers with weaker elevated instability
allowing for slight chances of thunderstorms tonight. The upper
level trough moves across the Central Plains on Friday dragging a
dryline into our western areas late morning into afternoon and a
cold front possibly into the northern Hill Country and our Central
Texas counties late afternoon into evening. Upward forcing from
these features along with instability brings chances of showers and
thunderstorms. There is a potential of strong thunderstorms over our
Central Texas counties in the afternoon. Temperatures will warm to
above normal behind the dryline with well above normal Rio Grande
Plains due to downsloping flow. A drier airmass with possibly breezy
flow may generate elevated fire weather conditions across Val Verde
county into western parts of Edwards and Kinney counties as
humidities fall into the teens and 20s in the afternoon. However,
this is may be tempered somewhat due to any significant wetting
rains today into early Friday.

LONG TERM (Friday Night through Wednesday)...
Frontal passage continues into Friday night into Saturday morning.
Breezy northerly winds will advect in cooler and drier air leaving
temperatures for Saturday in the 60s across most of the region, well
below normal. Chances for some overrunning showers stay in the
forecast Saturday, with better chances in our southern counties and
Coastal Plains. Sunday carries a drier forecast but with the cold
airmass still in place, temperatures remain well below normal.
Monday begins the warming trend and normal temps will be reached by
Wednesday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Austin Camp Mabry              72  64  83  53  64 /  50  40  70  20  30
Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport  73  63  83  53  65 /  50  40  70  20  30
New Braunfels Muni Airport     75  65  85  55  67 /  40  30  50  20  30
Burnet Muni Airport            69  62  81  49  62 /  60  50  60  20  20
Del Rio Intl Airport           80  68  91  57  68 /  60  20  10  20  30
Georgetown Muni Airport        71  63  79  51  63 /  60  50  70  20  20
Hondo Muni Airport             77  66  89  55  69 /  50  20  20  20  30
San Marcos Muni Airport        73  63  83  53  66 /  40  30  60  20  30
La Grange - Fayette Regional   75  67  81  56  67 /  30  30  70  30  30
San Antonio Intl Airport       74  65  85  56  67 /  40  30  40  20  30
Stinson Muni Airport           75  67  86  57  68 /  40  20  40  20  30

&&

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

$$

Short-Term/Aviation...04
Long-Term...YB