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FXUS64 KEWX 112352
AFDEWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
552 PM CST THU DEC 11 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- UP AND DOWN TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, INCLUDING A
COLD FRONT SUNDAY.
- LOCALLY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS TO I-35
CORRIDOR FRIDAY MORNING.
- LOW TO MEDIUM CHANCES (20 TO 40 PERCENT) OF RAIN FOR THE COASTAL
PLAINS SATURDAY AND FOR THE RIO GRANDE SUNDAY, WITH DRIER
CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
SHORT TERM
(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1141 AM CST THU DEC 11 2025
SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE HAVE MADE THEIR RETURN THIS AFTERNOON
IN RESPONSE TO HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING EAST. DRY CONDITIONS STILL
PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THAT SHOULD
START TO CHANGE TONIGHT AS THE SOUTH WINDS REEL IN A PLUME OF
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF. DEW POINTS SHOULD RISE STEADILY STARTING
THIS EVENING AND WILL MAKE FOR MORE MILD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES
IN THE 40S AND 50S TONIGHT, WITH THE MOST NOTICEABLE INCREASES IN
MOISTURE OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS AND I-35 CORRIDOR. MODELED
HYDROLAPSES ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADVECTION FOG DEVELOPING MAINLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO SUNRISE OVER THE COASTAL
PLAINS TO I-35 CORRIDOR AND WINTER GARDEN REGION, SO WE'LL BE
MONITORING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PATCHY TO AREAL FOG FRIDAY
MORNING. A 20 TO 30 PERCENT OF DENSE FOG IS ALSO DEPICTED IN THE
LATEST BLENDED GUIDANCE WITH HIGHER EXPLICIT PROBABILITIES FROM
THE HREF AND REFS ENSEMBLES.
FOG AND LOW STRATUS SHOULD BREAK FRIDAY MORNING, BUT THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY OVER WHETHER THE CLOUDMASS FULLY DISPERSES OR IF IT
STICKS AROUND INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WITH A LOBE OF WARM AIR ALOFT
DRIFTING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY, AREAS IN THE
CLEAR SHOULD SEE AN ABNORMALLY WARM MID-DECEMBER DAY WITH HIGHS IN
THE MID TO UPPER 70S. IF A LOW CLOUD DECK STICKS AROUND,
TEMPERATURES COULD STAY IN THE 60S FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN LOCALIZED
SPOTS. CHANCES OF THIS OCCURRING ARE HIGHER IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA
AND EAST OF I-35 WHERE SOUTHERLY FLOW RUNS UP AGAINST THE BALCONES
ESCARPMENT. A WEAK BAROCLINIC TROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT MAY HELP MAINTAIN
LOWS IN THE 40S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU,
BUT MOIST GULF AIR WILL LIKELY KEEP LOWS MILD IN THE MID 50S TO
AROUND 60 ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 1141 AM CST THU DEC 11 2025
CONTINUED SOUTHERLY WINDS AND BROAD ISENTROPIC LIFT SUPPORTS SOME
INCREASED CLOUD COVER SATURDAY PRIMARILY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE AREA WITH LOW CHANCES (20 PERCENT) FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS. THOSE
CLOUDS MAY HELP REDUCE TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BY A FEW DEGREES
COMPARED TO FRIDAY, BUT OVERALL AN UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY REMAINS
FORECAST.
TIMING REMAINS ON TRACK FOR A COLD FRONT ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. LACK OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE AND SYNOPTIC-
SCALE FORCING SHOULD LIMIT THE EXTENT OF RAIN AHEAD AND ALONG THE
FRONT, BUT THERE COULD BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DURING
THE DAY SUNDAY. HOWEVER, CHANCES ARE ONLY 20 TO 40 PERCENT. BREEZY
NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGHOUT SUNDAY.
THE FRONT WILL BRING ABOUT A COOLER SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WITH A
POSSIBLE LIGHT FREEZE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA MONDAY
MORNING BEFORE SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN AND A WARMING TREND COMMENCES
HEADING INTO MIDWEEK. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH LOOKS TO
APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST ON TUESDAY, WHICH
COULD BRING A SHOT OF RAIN. HOWEVER, THOSE CHANCES ARE VERY
UNCERTAIN GIVEN UNCERTAINTIES OVER THE TROUGH'S TRAJECTORY INTO THE
AREA. MOVING FORWARD, A ZONAL PATTERN ALOFT WITH ANOMALOUS RIDGING
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS DEPICTED ACROSS ESSENTIALLY ALL ENSEMBLE
GUIDANCE TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS STRONGLY FAVORS A WARM
PATTERN, AND ACCORDINGLY, THE LATEST OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER SHOWS AN 80 TO 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF ANOMALOUS
WARMTH IN THE WEEK LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 527 PM CST THU DEC 11 2025
VFR AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL LAST THROUGH AROUND 09Z. BETWEEN
09Z AND 12Z LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL BE SPREADING INLAND AND
COULD OVERTAKE THE I-35 SITES WITH POTENTIALLY VLIFR CONDITIONS.
THE GRIDDED POPULATION OF LOW CLOUDS SHOWS A DEEPER POOLING SOUTH
OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WEAKER POOLING AROUND AUS SO WILL GO WITH THE
LOWEST CONDITIONS OF LIFR AT SSF, AND STAY MAINLY IFR AT SAT/AUS.
AUS COULD SEE FASTER IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD THIS SCENARIO PLAY OUT,
BUT COULD SEE CIG RESTRICTIONS GO INTO THE AFTERNOON LIKE SAT?SSF
GIVEN THE SURFACE AND BL WINDS OUT OF THE S/SSW. MEANWHILE AT DRT
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS DRAPED OVER THE AREA, LEADING TO L/V
WINDS THAT COULD TURN NW IN THE DAYTIME FRIDAY. NO LOW CIGS OR FOG
IS EXPECTED THAT FAR WEST.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 49 73 56 73 / 0 0 0 10
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 46 72 56 73 / 0 0 10 10
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 47 72 57 73 / 0 0 10 10
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 46 74 51 70 / 0 0 0 0
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 46 78 50 76 / 0 0 0 0
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 47 75 53 72 / 0 0 0 0
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 45 72 54 77 / 0 0 0 0
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 47 71 57 74 / 0 0 10 10
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 50 71 59 76 / 0 0 10 20
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 49 72 59 76 / 0 0 0 10
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 50 72 60 77 / 0 0 0 10
EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...TRAN
LONG TERM....TRAN
AVIATION...18
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