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FXUS64 KBRO 082304 AAA
AFDBRO
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
604 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 602 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025
* LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS
COASTAL BEACHES INTO NEXT WEEK.
* MEDIUM TO HIGH RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AND
DIMINISH THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
* SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS THE BAY AND OFFSHORE
GULF WATERS INTO FRIDAY, WITH GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS OFFSHORE.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1214 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025
ABUNDANT MOISTURE HAS ARRIVED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH PWAT
VALUES TOPPING 2.3 INCHES THIS MORNING AT BRO. COVERAGE HAS REMAIN
SCATTERED SO FAR AND ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE ALONG AT A
DECENT CLIP, LIMITING ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING, BUT RAINFALL RATES
HAVE BEEN ROBUST. CAMS HAVE BACKED DOWN ON DEVELOPMENT WITH THE
SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT HAVE STUCK WITH NBM POPS AT THIS
TIME, WITH THE RADAR STILL SHOWING ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WORKING
ONSHORE. RAIN CHANCES IN GENERAL WORK WESTWARD THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON, REPEAT TOMORROW, AND DIMINISH INTO FRIDAY. BY THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND FAIRLY SEASONAL CONDITIONS
INTO MID OCTOBER.
LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS
COAST THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH A LONG PERIOD SWELL
PERSISTING. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES REMAIN ELEVATED INTO TUESDAY, WHICH
COULD NARROW BEACHES AT HIGH TIDE CYCLES. A COASTAL FLOOD
STATEMENT MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHTLY HIGHER
SURF.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 602 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES. THERE COULD STILL BE
AN ISOLATED SHOWER NEAR HRL AND MFE THIS EVENING AND IF THIS
ACTIVITY DOES AFFECT THE AERODROME BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASE ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO
25 KTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1214 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK, WITH BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS CREATING SCEC
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BAY AND OFFSHORE WATERS TODAY AND TOMORROW.
THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY DIMINISHES INTO
FRIDAY. ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BROWNSVILLE 77 90 76 89 / 50 60 50 50
HARLINGEN 73 91 73 90 / 30 60 30 40
MCALLEN 76 93 75 93 / 30 50 30 40
RIO GRANDE CITY 71 93 71 93 / 30 40 20 30
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 81 86 81 85 / 50 60 60 40
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 77 88 76 88 / 40 60 50 40
BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...56
LONG TERM....56
AVIATION...68
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