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FXUS64 KEWX 182307
AFDEWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
507 PM CST MON NOV 18 2024
..NEW AVIATION
SHORT TERM
(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 219 PM CST MON NOV 18 2024
THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AS OF 1:50 PM
CST. WENT THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING TO ABOUT NOON TIME, SOME
PEOPLE GOT TO EXPERIENCE RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TENTH TO QUARTER INCH.
SOME LUCKY ONES GOT CLOSE TO THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH WHILE THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE LOCAL AREA/SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE SAW VERY LITTLE TO
NOTHING. THE COLD FRONT BROUGHT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES
AS IT MOVED FROM WEST TO EAST. SEVERAL LOCATIONS EXPERIENCED A 10 TO
ALMOST 20 DEGREE DROP IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE OTHER STORY
ABOUT THE FRONT PASSAGE CONTINUES TO BE THE MODERATE TO STRONG WIND
GUSTS WITH HIGHEST SPEEDS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 20S TO MID 30S.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, WIND GUST REPORTS FROM LLANO, BURNET, AND DEL
RIO TO NAME A FEW CAME IN AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE GUSTY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO STAY AROUND TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE DRY AND COOLER AIR MASS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT IS SPREADING
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE TEENS AND
LOWER 20S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE, PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 INCLUDING BEXAR, WILSON AND
KARNES COUNTIES. THIS SITUATION BRINGS FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR
THOSE AREAS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM CST.
EXPECT CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS FROM THE WEST AND
OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 40S ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU TO LOWER 50S OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS.
TUESDAY'S HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 70S
ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO MID 80S ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS. A NEW
SURGE OF COLD AIR ARRIVES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER
COLD FRONT. IT IS A DRY FRONT AND BRINGS A COLDER AIR MASS THAN THE
ONE OF TODAY'S FRONT. UNDER CLEAR SKIES, LIGHT WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE LOWER
40S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND 50S ELSEWHERE.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 219 PM CST MON NOV 18 2024
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER TEXAS FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK.
COOL, DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON BREEZY WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COVER THE EASTERN
COUNTIES, BUT BY EVENING LIGHT WINDS WILL COVER THE CWA. MAINLY CLEAR
SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING. LOW
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY BE THE LOWEST OF THE
SEASON. MODEL SOLUTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY FREEZING TEMPERATURES,
SOME THE USUAL COOL SPOTS MAY REACH THAT LEVEL. WITH THE DRY AIR,
CLEAR SKIES, AND LIGHT WINDS TEMPERATURES WILL VARY WIDELY FROM LOW
TO HIGH THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WE EXPECT CHILLY MORNINGS AND WARM
AFTERNOONS. SATURDAY RETURN FLOW FROM THE GULF WILL BEGIN TO BRING
WARMER, MOISTER AIR BACK TO OUR CWA. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BACK TO
WELL ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 503 PM CST MON NOV 18 2024
VFR WITH MAINLY SKY CLEAR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND TURN SLIGHTLY
MORE NORTHWESTERLY WITH PROGRESSION INTO TUESDAY. A SLIGHT UPTICK
WITH WIND SPEEDS TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 KNOTS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 77 52 82 50 / 90 0 0 0
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 77 49 82 49 / 90 0 0 0
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 81 51 85 50 / 70 0 0 0
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 75 49 78 46 / 80 0 0 0
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 79 51 83 50 / 0 0 0 0
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 78 50 79 47 / 90 0 0 0
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 80 47 82 49 / 60 0 0 0
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 80 49 82 49 / 80 0 0 0
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 80 49 82 50 / 70 0 0 0
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 80 53 83 52 / 80 0 0 0
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 83 51 84 53 / 70 0 0 0
EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT-TERM...17
LONG-TERM...05
AVIATION...BRADY
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