FXUS64 KFWD 071050
AFDFWD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
.AVIATION...
12Z TAF ISSUANCE
LOW CLOUDS AND FOG CONTINUE TO BE TROUBLESOME THIS MORNING. COLD
FRONT...LOCATED ROUGHLY BETWEEN SHERMAN...DENTON...AND
STEPHENVILLE AT 10Z...WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL
UNTIL BETWEEN 13-14Z ACROSS THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS. MVFR
CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH THE DAYTIME
HOURS...BUT WITH CEILINGS IMPROVING TO BKN-OVC025. VISIBILITIES
ARE ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE TO MORE THAN 3 MILES AS SLIGHTLY DRIER
AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN THE LATE PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE THIS TIME
TOMORROW...WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS AS TONIGHT.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 405 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009/
SURFACE WINDS HAVE BECOME NORTHERLY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS AS
OF 09Z. HOWEVER...LOOKING AT THE DEW POINTS...THE ACTUAL COLD
FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHEAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO BROWNWOOD LINE.
WIDESPREAD FOG CONTINUES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 3 MILES...BUT SOME
SPOTS WILL BE LOWER...WITH SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE. THE FOG
WILL DISPERSE LATER THIS MORNING. HAVE KEPT SOME LOW POPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN THIRD...WHERE LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE MAY PRODUCE A FEW ONE
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.
NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL UPPER LEVEL PATTERN
THIS WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SERIES OF FRONTS MOVING THROUGH THE
REGION. A SURFACE HIGH BEHIND TODAY/S FRONT WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT
AS THE NEXT TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO.
WINDS WILL BECOME EAST AND SOUTHEASTERLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND
WILL BECOME STRONG SOUTHERLY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL SEE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AND SOME FOG
IS ALSO LIKELY TONIGHT INTO THE TUESDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTHWARD. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
BRINGING WINDS BACK AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH BY DAYBREAK
WEDNESDAY. WE WILL SEE ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AND DRY
WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 50 42 61 38 47 / 10 40 50 10 5
WACO, TX 51 45 65 41 54 / 20 50 40 10 5
PARIS, TX 52 42 53 38 45 / 10 40 50 10 10
DENTON, TX 47 41 59 35 48 / 10 30 40 10 5
MCKINNEY, TX 49 42 58 37 47 / 10 40 50 10 5
DALLAS, TX 51 43 61 38 47 / 10 40 50 10 5
TERRELL, TX 52 45 61 40 48 / 10 50 50 10 5
CORSICANA, TX 52 48 64 42 51 / 10 60 50 10 5
TEMPLE, TX 49 46 66 42 55 / 30 60 40 10 5
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.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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