Expires:No;;613551 FXUS64 KEWX 241144 AAA AFDEWX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 644 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 .AVIATION... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM A CLUSTER OF STORMS THAT MOVED FROM NORTHERN TEXAS DOWN TO THE HILL COUNTRY OVERNIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS KDRT THIS MORNING. WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER CONDITIONSIN PLACE...EXPECT STORMS TO REDEVELOP OVER THE I-35 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH MVFR CIGS EXPECTED AS STORMS MOVE ACROSS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORMS CLEAR OUT THE I-35 AREA TERMINALS. MVFR CIGS TO RETURN AT OR AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS ALL LOCAL SITES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... AN MCS/MCV IS SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH INTO THE EDWARDS PLATEAU WHILE A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORT-WAVE IS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN MEXICAN STATE OF CHIHUAHUA. THE ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCV SHOULD TEND TO WANE TOWARD MORNING AS THE AIRMASS STABILIZES. THE MCV STALLS OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHILE THE SHORT-WAVE MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN MEXICAN STATE OF COAHUILA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THESE TWO FEATURES ALONG WITH SOME SURFACE BOUNDARIES TO INTERACT WITH A MOIST AIRMASS TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 3 OR 4 INCHES...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT. THE MCV WILL BE ABSORBED BY THE SHORT-WAVE BY SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AS THE SHORT-WAVE MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. A SLIGHT COOLING TREND OF DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE SHORT-WAVE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY AND PERSISTS INTO TUESDAY. A RAIN-FREE PERIOD WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEAKENS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. HAVE MAINTAINED THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY DUE TO PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 93 72 93 72 94 / 50 50 30 10 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 91 71 92 70 92 / 50 50 30 10 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 92 72 92 71 93 / 50 40 30 10 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 89 69 87 69 90 / 60 50 30 10 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 90 73 91 74 94 / 60 50 20 10 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 89 70 88 70 90 / 60 50 30 10 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 94 73 92 72 93 / 50 50 30 10 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 91 72 91 71 92 / 50 40 30 10 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 91 73 90 72 91 / 50 30 20 10 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 92 73 91 73 92 / 50 40 30 10 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 92 73 91 72 92 / 50 40 30 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ MESOSCALE/AVIATION...17 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...08