FXUS64 KHGX 010753

AFDHGX



AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

253 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2010



.DISCUSSION...

UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE WEEK AND

WILL PROVIDE HOT TEMPS TO SE TX. TODAY WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST

DAY (TEMP-WISE) FOR MOST OF THE AREA...BUT IT'LL FEEL EVEN MORE

UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE DAYS TO COME. DRY SWLY LLVL FLOW TODAY WILL

BE REPLACED BY ONSHORE WINDS WHICH WILL LEAD TO HIGHER DEWPOINTS/RH/HEAT

INDICES. WILL BE MONITORING FOR THE POSSIBILITY LOCALIZED HEAT

ADVISORIES (ISSUED ONCE 108+ DEGREE HEAT INDEXES ARE OBSERVED FOR

2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS).



SOME SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAINFALL RE-ENTER TOWARD THE WEEKEND AS

RIDGE FLATTENS A BIT AND SHIFTS TO THE EAST. FWIW THIS FAR

OUT...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOWING A TROPICAL SYSTEM APPROACHING FL

LATE NEXT WEEKEND. 47



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.MARINE...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL HELP MAINTAIN MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS OVER THE COASTAL 

WATERS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 41



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.AVIATION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL HELP MAINTAIN MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA 

THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MVFR VISIBILITIES FROM BRIEF/PATCHY BR DURING 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLE. 41



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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

COLLEGE STATION (CLL)     101  75 100  78  99 /   0   0  10  10  10 

HOUSTON (IAH)              99  76  98  78  98 /   0   0  10  10  10 

GALVESTON (GLS)            94  81  92  82  92 /   0   0  10  10  10 



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.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

TX...NONE.

GM...NONE.



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