Expires:No;;545821 FXUS64 KHGX 230006 AFDHGX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 706 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013 .DISCUSSION... 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... WITH LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING 90F...THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UPON MESOSCALE RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES OVER SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON...MAY REACH HOBBY'S VICINITY IN NEXT HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN KIAH'S AIR SPACE WITHIN LAST HOUR. ACTIVITY WILL BE QUICKLY WANING ONCE SUN SETS...NO MORE SFC HEATING TO DRIVE THIS LOCALIZED CONVECTION. OVERNIGHT WIND FIELD WILL SLACKEN...AND WITHIN THIS VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT...IFR DECKS/MVFR BR IS EXPECTED FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING HOURS. DECKS LIFTING/SCATTERING OUT SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE THROUGH LATE MORNING... FEW TO SKC UNDER AN EARLY EASTERLY/VRB VEERING SOUTHEASTERLY 8-12 KT PM WIND. SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY MARCHING INLAND MAY HAVE NEAR-COASTAL TERMINAL WINDS MORE EASTERLY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...NEAR 10 KT SOUTHERLIES UNDER SKC BY 19-20Z (ONCE BOUNDARY MAKES ITS WAY NORTH OF HUB). 31 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013/ DISCUSSION... THE WEAK FRONTAL/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES APPEARS TO BE WASHING OUT THIS AFTN. NOT A LOT (IF ANY) DEVELOPMENT NOTED SO FAR AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE CAP IS HOLDING. NOT A LOT OF CHANGES WITH THIS NEXT FCST PACKAGE AS SE TX SEEMS TO BE SETTLING INTO OUR MORE NORMAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH THE PERS- ISTENT LOW-LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH UP RIDGING ALOFT. THIS RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BREAKDOWN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES PUSH ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS THESE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WHILST THE TRACKS OF THESE DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE REGION...THE TAIL END OF THESE SYSTEMS COULD EFFECT THE FAR NRN PARTS OF OUR CWFA FRI/SAT. THUS NO REAL ARGUMENTS WITH THE LOW POPS ALREADY IN THE GRIDS FOR THIS TIMEFRAME. OTHERWISE...A MOSTLY DRY (POPS NOT RH) FCST WITH TEMPS AT (AROUND) SEASONAL NORMS THESE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 72 91 71 90 70 / 10 10 10 20 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 72 90 72 90 71 / 10 10 10 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 75 81 74 82 73 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ DISCUSSION...42 AVIATION/MARINE...31