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FXUS64 KHGX 100511
AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1111 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

.AVIATION...
INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT AND LOWERING CEILINGS
GRADUALLY MID DAY TO AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST
MID LAYER MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS LIGHT INLAND AREAS
BUT STILL BRISK NEAR COAST (GLS) TONIGHT. WIND VEERING ALL TAF
SITES TOMORROW BECOMING NORTHEAST AND MORE TO THE EAST NEAR THE
COAST TOMORROW EVENING. EXPECT CEILINGS TO APPROACH 4-6 KFT
TOMORROW EVENING ESPECIALLY WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWFA. PATCHY LIGHT
RAIN EXPECTED LATE EVENING (WEDNESDAY) AND AFTER MIDNIGHT TOWARD
THURSDAY MORNING. 37

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 824 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010/

DISCUSSION...
SFC HIGH SETTLING OVER SE TX TONIGHT RESULTING IN COOL/DRY
CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS. IR IMAGERY SHOWS HIGH CLOUDS WHICH
WILL BE STREAMING IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. SFC DEWPOINTS ARE VERY
LOW ACROSS THE INLAND COUNTIES (MOSTLY UPPER TEENS/LOWER 20S) WITH
TEMPS ALREADY IN THE MID/UPPER 30S...SO THINK THE CLOUDS WILL HAVE
LITTLE IMPACT ON COOLING THESE AREAS. NEAR THE COAST DEWPOINTS ARE
HIGHER SO TEMPS WILL STAY UP A LITTLE MORE. HAVE TWEAKED TEMPS
DOWNWARD A BIT OVER MOST INLAND AREAS. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED
FOR ALL BUT METRO HOUSTON AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST. NO OTHER
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

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.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE
     MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND
     TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
     20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO
     60 NM.

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