FXUS64 KBRO 010746 AFDBRO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 245 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY/...NO MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR DEEP SOUTH TX AS THE WX PATTERN WILL REMAIN FAIRLY CONSISTENT. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC AND IN THE MID LVLS OF THE ATMS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SUBSIDENCE WILL PROVIDE FOR MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS TDA AND ON MON WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVRNGT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE 90S REMAINING NEAR NORMAL FOR EARLY AUG. WITH SFC MOISTURE CONTINUING TO RUN HIGH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR FA...WILL HOLD BACK DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TDA AND MON. SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF LOW CLDS/PATCHY FOG REMAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MRNG THRU SUNRISE FOR OUR CENTRAL COUNTIES...SO WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD OVER WORDING IN THE FORECAST FOR THESE FEATURES THRU THAT TIME. && .LONG TERM /7 PM MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE UPPER LEVELS WILL PERSIST OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEK PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SOME ISOLATED SEA BREEZE TYPE SHOWERS COULD AFFECT AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR DUE TO THE LACK OF CLOUD COVER. && .MARINE...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY...THE 2 AM OBSERVATION FROM BUOY020 INDICATED WINDS WERE SOUTH AROUND 12 KTS AND SEAS WERE AROUND 2 FT WITH A PERIOD OF 6 SECONDS. MARINE CONDITIONS TO REMAIN RATHER BENIGN ACROSS THE LWR TX COASTAL WATERS THRU THE FORECAST PERIOD. WEAK ONSHORE FLOW TO PREVAIL THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING DOMINANT ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE WITH SEAS REMAINING LOW THRU MON NGT. 7 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEK PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST AND LOW SEAS ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS. CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...THE 3 LOCAL TAF SITES ARE REPORTING LIGHT SE WINDS EARLY THIS MRNG WITH VARIABLY CLOUDY SKIES. KBRO AND KHRL BOTH REPORT CLEAR SKIES WITH KMFE REPORTING MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. A PATCH OF LOW CLDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND ARE DRIFTING NWD ACROSS THE KMFE AREA. MVFR CIGS ARE BEING REPORTED HERE AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO PERSIST THRU THE REST OF THE EARLY MRNG HRS. LEFT OUT PATCHY FOG MENTION IN THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE WITH GREATER CHANCES DEVELOPING NORTH OF TERMINALS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS THE REST OF THE MRNG AND AMD FCST IF NEEDED. LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS AND CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO PREVAIL THRU THE FORECAST PERIOD. TEMPO MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MRNG...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE DURING THE NEXT 24 HRS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 92 77 90 78 / 0 0 0 0 BROWNSVILLE 94 76 94 76 / 0 0 0 0 HARLINGEN 95 75 94 76 / 0 0 0 0 MCALLEN 96 74 96 77 / 0 0 0 0 RIO GRANDE CITY 97 75 97 78 / 0 0 0 0 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 89 80 87 80 / 0 0 0 0 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE 65/57