904
FXUS64 KHGX 061824
AFDHGX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1224 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE
KEY MESSAGES
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY. MANY LOCATIONS WILL BE
NEAR OR ABOVE RECORD HIGHS.
- AREAS OF FOG AGAIN TONIGHT.
- SOME RAIN CHANCES RE-ENTER THE FORECAST THURS-FRI FOR PARTS OF
THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FRIDAY EVENING.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1223 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2026
DRYLINE WILL SAG INTO, OR CLOSE TO, PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
BRAZOS VALLEY AND PINEY WOODS LATER TODAY. THE SELECT FEW
NEAR/BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY MAY SEE SOME BRIEFLY DRIER AIR AND MORE
COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE IT
TRACKS BACK NORTH. FOR THE REST OF US, WARMER AND MUGGIER CONDITIONS
ARE ANTICIPATED WITH DEWPOINTS HOLDING IN THE 60S COMPLIMENTS OF
THE LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW. LOOK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG AND SEA
FOG TO OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT.
WITH WARM STARTS TO THE DAY, AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
FLIRT NEAR OR ABOVE RECORDS WED-THURS...AND PERHAPS FRI FOR
SEVERAL LOCATIONS. IN GENERAL, DAYTIME HIGHS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WORK WEEK SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER 80S INLAND, MID 70S BEACHES
FOLLOWED BY OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S.
UPPER TROUGH SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OFF THE CA COAST WILL
GRADUALLY FILL AND MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY. THOUGH IT'LL
TRACK FURTHER TO OUR N/NE, WE MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED/SCATTERED WAA
TYPE SHRA THURSDAY WITH INCREASED GULF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO
THE REGION ON THE BREEZY SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS. MIGHT NOT
COMPLETELY RULE OUT A TSTM OR TWO IN THE PINEY WOODS REGION SHOULD
WE GET ENOUGH BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER TO ALLOW FOR SOME BETTER
INSTABILITY.
WE'LL SEE ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH DROP INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND
AN ASSOCIATED SFC LOW DEVELOP NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE FRI. COMBINATION
OF THE REMNANT MOISTURE AND ADVANCING DRYLINE/FRONT SHOULD ALLOW
FOR BETTER SHRA/TSTM CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION AS THE DAY PROGRESSES
FRIDAY AND THIS SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA. PREFRONTAL TROUGH/DRYLINE
SHOULD PASS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOLLOWED BY THE COLD FRONT ITSELF
FRIDAY NIGHT.
TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD DRIVE TEMPS DOWN CLOSER TO SEASONABLE
NORMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 47
AVIATION
(12Z TAF ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 518 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2026
WE BEGIN THE DAY WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH
AREAS OF LIFR. CIGS/VIS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THIS
MORNING, YIELDING TO A VFR AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL AVERAGE OUT OF
THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KNOTS, BUT MAY OCCASIONALLY BE HIGHER NEAR
15 KNOTS. WINDS DECREASE THIS EVENING, WITH ANOTHER AROUND OF
LOWER VIS/CIGS OVERNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN, CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT
FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO AT LEAST MVFR, IF NOT IFR
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. DRIER AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE NORTH
COULD KEEP VIS/CIGS HIGHER IN OUR NORTHERN TERMINALS, ESPECIALLY
CLL.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 1223 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2026
LOOK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEA FOG TONIGHT INTO LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY
WITH A WARM AIRMASS SITUATED OVER COOLER NEARSHORE WATERS. SOUTHERLY
WINDS INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH SHOULD SOMEWHAT MITIGATE,
BUT NOT COMPLETELY ELIMINATE, THE DENSE FOG POTENTIAL. WITH THE
INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS, WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIAL
ADVISORY OR CAUTION FLAGS OFFSHORE. ONSHORE FLOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHES
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST
TO PUSH OFF THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT. 47
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 57 81 65 82 / 0 0 0 10
HOUSTON (IAH) 62 81 67 81 / 0 0 0 30
GALVESTON (GLS) 65 73 65 74 / 0 0 10 30
HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
DISCUSSION...47
AVIATION...SELF
MARINE...47
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