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FXUS64 KHGX 101131
AFDHGX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
531 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- FRONT MOVES THROUGH OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY COLDER TEMPS AND
BREEZY NORTH WINDS SATURDAY.
- A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND THE BARRIER ISLANDS THROUGH NOON TODAY
- A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS AND GULF WATERS
THROUGH NOON SUNDAY
- FAIR, SEASONABLE WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER MIDWEEK FRONT.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1230 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS PRESENTLY MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH A BIT OF A PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS MOVING
OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. STORMS HAVE LARGELY REMAINED SUB-
SEVERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A STORM MOVING THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY
THAT THREATENED TO PRODUCE A BRIEF SPIN-UP.
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF BEHIND THE FRONT AND MUCH COOLER AIR IS
EXPECTED TO FILTER IN FROM BEHIND AS NORTHERLY WINDS PREVAIL.
WINDS WILL BE BREEZY DURING THE DAY SATURDAY, TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT
INTO SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WHARTON, JACKSON,
MATAGORDA COUNTIES AND FOR THE BARRIER ISLANDS FROM 6 AM THROUGH
NOON TODAY.
POST-FRONT EXPECT CALM WEATHER TO PREVAIL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A
SLIGHT REBOUND OF TEMPERATURES EXPECTED NEAR MID-WEEK, JUST IN TIME
FOR ANOTHER FRONT TO APPROACH WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER
TEMPERATURES.
BAILEY
AVIATION
(12Z TAF ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 525 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
WHILE SOME SCATTERED LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING,
WE WILL SEE MOSTLY MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS THROUGH TOMORROW
WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-20KT AND GUSTS TO
25-30KT EXPECTED. THESE GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND
SUNSET, THEN WINDS SLOWLY LOWER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GLS WHERE GUSTY WINDS MAY LINGER THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
FOWLER
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1230 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
THE FRONT IS NEARING THE COAST THIS MORNING, WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. A WIND SHIFT WILL FOLLOW IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS INCREASING OUT OF THE NORTH. THIS HAS
PROMPTED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ACROSS ALL THE COASTAL WATERS
THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND
BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
SUNDAY. LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL LATER IN THE WEEKEND
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT EXPECTED AROUND
MID-WEEK.
BAILEY
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 58 36 61 38 / 0 0 0 0
HOUSTON (IAH) 63 43 62 42 / 10 0 0 0
GALVESTON (GLS) 66 49 61 49 / 30 10 0 0
HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR TXZ226-235-236-335-336-
436>439.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY FOR GMZ330-335-350-
355-370-375.
DISCUSSION...BAILEY
AVIATION...FOWLER
MARINE...BAILEY
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