817  
FXUS64 KCRP 210827  
AFDCRP  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX  
227 AM CST THU NOV 21 2024  
   
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE  
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)  
ISSUED AT 210 AM CST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
PICTURE PERFECT WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THE  
NEXT FEW DAYS WITH CLEAR SKIES, SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES, LIGHT  
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. A MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL NOSE INTO THE  
REGION DURING THIS SHORT TERM PERIOD MAINTAINING THE DRY AND  
QUIET WEATHER PATTERN. IN FACT PWAT VALUES WILL HOVER AROUND 0.25"  
WHICH IS 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW NORMAL. ALTHOUGH FUEL  
MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE LOW, THE LIGHT  
AND VARAIBLE WINDS, WILL LIMIT THE FIRE DANGER. WE'LL SEE MAX  
TEMPS TODAY IN THE MID 70S. FRIDAY'S HIGHS WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES  
WARMER WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HUMIDITY DUE TO THE WEAK ONSHORE  
FLOW. NOT ANTICIPATING ANY FOG FORMATION TONIGHT BUT THERE IS AN  
INCREASING RISK FOR FOG LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING GIVEN  
THE INCREASED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 210 AM CST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD AS A QUIET PATTERN PERSISTS  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. SURFACE RIDGING WILL SHIFT  
EAST OF THE AREA INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BRINGING A RETURN TO  
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL BOTH  
INCREASE MOISTURE AND INCREASE TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. HIGH  
TEMPERATURES BY LATE WEEKEND AND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE 10+  
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90.  
 
MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY  
GET A FRONT THROUGH. ALL THE GLOBAL MODELS ARE SHOWING A SURFACE  
FRONT COME THROUGH THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, HOWEVER THE MID-LEVEL  
PATTERNS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. ON THURSDAY, FOR INSTANCE, THE GFS HAS  
A ZONAL PATTERN WHILE THE ECMWF SHOWS TROUGHING WEST AND RIDGING  
EAST AND THE CANADIAN IS IN AN OPPOSITE PHASE AS THE EC. LOOKS LIKE  
THE PATTERN SHOULD GET MORE ACTIVE ANYWAY, BUT DETAILS ARE NOTHING  
TO KEY IN ON YET.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1125 PM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
LITTLE CHANGE WITH THIS AVIATION UPDATE. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL  
THROUGH THIS TAF CYCLE. LIGHT NORTH- NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE  
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT AROUND TO THE  
EAST-SOUTHEAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON WHILE REMAINING LIGHT.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 210 AM CST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. ONSHORE  
FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASES LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, BECOMING  
MODERATE AND OCCASIONALLY STRONG SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS MONDAY THROUGH  
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MODERATE OUT OF THE  
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
CORPUS CHRISTI 74 48 79 55 / 0 0 0 0  
VICTORIA 75 41 80 46 / 0 0 0 0  
LAREDO 76 49 80 55 / 0 0 0 0  
ALICE 77 45 81 51 / 0 0 0 0  
ROCKPORT 74 53 77 61 / 0 0 0 0  
COTULLA 75 46 80 52 / 0 0 0 0  
KINGSVILLE 76 46 80 53 / 0 0 0 0  
NAVY CORPUS 71 60 74 66 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
TX...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...JM/75  
LONG TERM....PH/83  
AVIATION...JM/75  
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