Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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FNUS74 KHGX 231144
FWSHGX

Spot Forecast for DCNF 78...Usda
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
644 AM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly clear skies this morning will become partly cloudy by the
late afternoon with southerly winds around light southerly winds.
Mixing heights rise this afternoon to over 4000ft with afternoon
minimum relative humidity values around 50 percent. Mostly cloudy
skies tonight with mixing heights down to around 500ft. There is
a low, but non-zero, chance of patchy fog tonight. Partly to
mostly cloudy skies persist into Wednesday with southerly flow and
mixing heights again climbing to near 4000ft.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC
Sky (%).........1   1   2   3   11  16  17  20  21  26  37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............50  54  60  65  69  72  74  75  77  77  77
RH..............86  83  72  65  59  55  50  50  48  50  52
Aparnt tmp (F)..48  54  60  65  69  72  74  75  77  77  77
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   5   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.8   10  14  17  16  15  16  16  16  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.6 1.4 2.4 3.0 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   8   13  16  16  15  16  16  17  17  17
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   6   7   7   7   7   7   8   8   8

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........41  58  42  33  32  44  49  54  65  65  62  63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............77  74  72  70  69  68  67  66  66  65  65  64
RH..............54  64  68  73  76  78  84  87  84  87  87  90
Aparnt tmp (F)..77  74  72  70  69  68  67  66  66  65  65  64
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   7   7   7   6   5   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  16  16  16  15  13  12  12  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.15  14  13  13  13  13  10  9   8   8   8   7
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).7   6   6   6   6   6   4   4   4   4   4   3

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC
Sky (%).........65  66  66  66  70  70  65  61  60  57  49  39
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............63  63  66  69  72  74  76  78  80  81  81  81
RH..............93  93  90  87  84  79  74  69  65  61  60  61
Aparnt tmp (F)..63  63  66  69  72  74  76  78  82  83  83  83
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   5   3   5   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.9 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 2.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   8   8   9   8
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   3   4   4   4   3   3   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Fowler
Requested by...Robert manry
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411187.4/HGX
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Robert.manry@usda.gov