FXUS64 KFWD 111731 AAB
AFDFWD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1131 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
.AVIATION...
CLOUDY SKIES WILL PERSIST FOR THE VALID TAF PERIOD. FOR THE
METRO...MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THE CIGS WILL NOT LOWER
INTO MVFR UNTIL AROUND 06Z OR MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DROP INTO
IFR THREE HOURS LATER. FOR WACO...CIGS WILL DROP INTO MVFR A COUPLE
HOURS EARLIER THAN DFW...AT 4Z OR 10 PM WITH IFR AT 9Z.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE PUMPING INTO THE REGION FROM THE
SOUTH...AND OFF AND ON DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT IN WACO AND 9Z OR 3AM IN THE METROPLEX. THE
LOW CIGS...DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z. IN ADDITION
TO THE LOW CIGS...AREA AIRPORTS WILL ALSO HAVE VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS AS WELL BEGINNING OVERNIGHT.
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.UPDATE...
A CLOUDY AND COOL DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY AND HAVE UPDATED THE
HOURLY GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST TRENDS. OTHERWISE THE MAIN
CHANGE WAS TO LOWER THE HIGH TEMPS ON SATURDAY A FEW DEGREES. 12Z
NAM CONTINUES TO SUGGEST LOW CLOUDS AND PERHAPS DRIZZLE WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY...AND IT USUALLY IS SUPERIOR IN THESE
SITUATIONS. TR.92
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009/
CLOUD COVER IS ON THE INCREASE THIS MORNING...BOTH IN THE HIGH
LEVELS AND IN THE LOWER LEVELS. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST...LEADING TO A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT...BUT
ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THIS NEXT SHOT AT RAINFALL
WILL BE SHORT LIVED...AS THE RAIN CHANCES MOVE EAST FOR MOST OF
THE WEEKEND. ONCE THE CHANCES FOR RAIN MOVE EAST...NORTH TEXAS
WILL SEE A RAPID WARM UP FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES
REACHING BACK TO THE 60S ON SATURDAY AND INTO THE 70S ON SUNDAY.
ATTENTION THEN FOCUSES TO THE NEXT COLD FRONT...EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE MONDAY. THIS NEXT FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT
CHANCE AT A FEW SHOWERS...BUT THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE FOR COOLER
TEMPERATURES FOR BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS WELL AS INCREASING
NORTH WINDS FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 46 40 52 43 72 / 5 30 20 10 10
WACO, TX 46 42 53 43 74 / 10 30 20 10 10
PARIS, TX 46 35 48 41 69 / 5 30 20 10 10
DENTON, TX 46 39 52 42 71 / 5 20 20 10 10
MCKINNEY, TX 46 39 51 42 71 / 5 30 20 10 10
DALLAS, TX 46 40 52 42 72 / 10 30 20 10 10
TERRELL, TX 46 40 51 41 72 / 10 30 20 10 10
CORSICANA, TX 46 42 52 42 72 / 10 40 20 10 10
TEMPLE, TX 46 43 53 43 75 / 20 40 20 10 10
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.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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