FXUS64 KBRO 251909
AFDBRO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
108 PM CST WED NOV 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF 
THE YEAR IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE CWA 
ON MONDAY. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS DEEP 
SOUTH TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THEREFORE CLOUDINESS WILL DECREASE 
AND CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE LIGHT TO MODERATE 
FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY (THURSDAY). THE WINDS WILL 
SHIFT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE SOUTHEASTERLY 
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA ON 
MONDAY SHIFTING THE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST. 
MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS DEEP 
SOUTH TEXAS ON MONDAY THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE 
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL 
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. 
&&

.MARINE...BUOY 42020 REPORTS NORTH WINDS 16 KNOTS GUSTING TO 19 KTS 
WITH SEAS 7.2 FEET WITH A PERIOD 7 SECONDS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL 
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE BELOW SMALL CRAFT  
ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE 
OVER THE AREA THURSDAY CAUSING WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE.  WINDS 
WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE ON FRIDAY...VEERING TO 
SOUTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST AND LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS 
UPSTREAM.  THE NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY TO EARLY 
MONDAY...WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS EXPECTED AT THAT 
TIME.  
&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE OVER THE REGIONAL 
AIRPORTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE 
FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING BECOMING LIGHT FROM THE 
NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. 
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  52  73  54  73  62 / 00  00  00  00  00 
BROWNSVILLE          48  75  50  76  60 / 00  00  00  00  00 
HARLINGEN            46  75  48  75  57 / 00  00  00  00  00 
MCALLEN              46  74  48  74  58 / 00  00  00  00  00
RIO GRANDE CITY      44  76  46  76  55 / 00  00  00  00  00
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   56  72  58  72  64 / 00  00  00  00  00
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GMZ150-155-
     170-175.
&&

$$

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE

SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....63
MARINE/AVIATION...65
MESOSCALE.......HART