AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
653 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011

.AVIATION...
ANOTHER DAY OF EARLY FEW-SCT CU TRANSITIONING TO SCATTERED CBS
ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY...WITH NEAR 10 KT PM WIND DIRECTION
BEING DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY LOCATION OF EITHER THE BREEZE OR
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW. SUMMARY IS THAT OF A SIMILAR PATTERN AS
EXPERIENCED THESE PAST FEW DAYS. 31

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 403 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2011/

DISCUSSION...
NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. TODAY SHOULD BE
SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED
SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. PRECIP CHANCES DO LOOK SLIGHTLY BETTER ON SATURDAY AS
THE UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO MOVES INTO SOUTH TEXAS. WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS IN PLACE FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INLAND.

THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF ACROSS TEXAS BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK KEEPING US IN PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL
LEAD TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH SOME INLAND
AREAS NEARING 100 DEGREES. PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOK TO BE
LIMITED TO DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SEA BREEZE DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. 38

MARINE...
A CONTINUED QUIET MARITIME WEATHER PATTERN FOR YET ANOTHER DAY. THE
NORTHERN GULF UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARDS
THE SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST...INITIATING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
AN ISOLATED STORM THROUGH SUNDAY. A GENERAL LIGHT ONSHORE WIND THAT
WILL KEEP SEA HEIGHTS AT...OR UNDER...2 FEET. 31

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      98  75  97  74  99 /  10  20  20  20  20
HOUSTON (IAH)              96  76  96  75  97 /  20  20  30  20  20
GALVESTON (GLS)            93  82  92  80  90 /  10  20  30  20  20

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.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
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