Thursday, October 20, 2016

Oct. 20 16

Notes: The day was warm and mostly cloudy. Big to small dark grey stratus clouds were scattered across the sky from the morning through the evening and maybe early night. The wind speeds seemed to be relatively calm with moderate to strong gusts. Heavy to light showers and maybe thunderstorms were scattered throughout most of the Houston, TX area, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe early night. Especially the east side of Houston, TX. I only felt a few drops of rain when I was in northwest Houston, TX, at my job, at around 2:30 pm. I didn't see, or feel any more rain drops after that. I didn't hear about any damages, or flooding from the showers and thunderstorms that passed over the Houston, TX area, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. This was my observation of the weather that occurred in northwest and west Houston, TX, where I was during the day.


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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FXUS64 KHGX 202323
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
623 PM CDT Thu Oct 20 2016

.AVIATION...
Showers have moved south of area TAF sites and skies have begun to
slowly clear from the northwest. Some cirrus will continue to
stream over the region through about 06z or so before skies
completely clear. A tight pressure gradient in the wake of a cold
front will keep winds up overnight especially near the coast.
Winds slowly drop off on Friday. 43

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 PM CDT Thu Oct 20 2016/

DISCUSSION...
Showers and a couple storms will continue to be an issue over the
next several hours as a cold front works through SE Texas. After
that clears, the main forecast question will look to how dry and
cool the post-frontal airmass gets for the weekend. For Sunday and
beyond, we slowly return to temperatures in the mid to upper 80s
and higher humidity as onshore flow re-establishes under a
building upper ridge.

Through tonight...
Radar shows three distinct bands of precipitation oriented NE to
SW across the area. The lead band is the most vigorous and is near
the shoreline at 3pm, while the middle band is moving through
metro Houston at the same time. It appears to have been undercut
by the front which is just southeast, and is weakening with a lack
of elevated instability. The third band has largely decayed, but
some light showers may still be reaching the ground.

The front is only moving quickly enough to blunt highs today
a few degrees, but gusty north winds should bring in plenty of
cold air advection to bring tonight`s lows into the 50s for most
while skies quickly clear. Winds are high enough to be very
marginal for a wind advisory on the coast to match the small craft
advisory over the waters. For now decided to leave it be, but the
evening shift may need to issue one if winds are even just a
little stronger than expected.

Friday through the weekend...
Colder, drier air will give a respite from the extended summer-
like pattern we`ve seen extend well into October. However, don`t
get too attached. The upper ridge looks to build back over the
weekend, with onshore flow coming back in place late Saturday. As
such, Friday night looks to be quite cool with a gradual warming
trend each day of the weekend. It`s probably worth noting that
despite this significant front, temperatures are only being
dropped to near or just below seasonal averages.

Next week...
The summer pattern returns, and temperatures look to slowly slide
their way back into the middle 80s and dewpoints back into the
60s. For now, have left conditions dry, but return moisture may
eventually be sufficient enough around coastal areas to allow for
some isolated to scattered diurnal shower development. Models
today keep the ridge tougher late into the week, and have
significantly backed off the big Southwest cutoff to come closer
in appearance to the NAEFS mean. So for the time being, we can
erase "here be monsters" from the frontiers of the forecast.

Luchs

MARINE...
Showers and a few storms along a cold front will push off the coast
this afternoon. Gusty and dry conditions are expected behind the
front. Northeasterly winds of 20-25 knots and gusts up to 35 knots
are expected overnight tonight and into Friday along with seas of 5
to 9 feet. A small craft advisory is in effect from 7 PM this
evening until 7 PM Friday evening. Winds should slacken and seas
will begin to subside overnight Friday night as high pressure
settles in. A gradual shift to onshore flow will occur through the
weekend as the high pressure slides eastward. 11

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
College Station (CLL)      56  76  50  78  55 /   0   0   0   0   0
Houston (IAH)              59  78  52  79  55 /   0   0   0   0   0
Galveston (GLS)            67  77  64  76  68 /  10   0   0   0   0

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM CDT Friday FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: Coastal waters from Freeport to the Matagorda Ship
     Channel out 20 NM...Coastal waters from High Island to
     Freeport out 20 NM...Galveston Bay...Matagorda Bay...Waters
     from Freeport to the Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60
     NM...Waters from High Island to Freeport from 20 to 60 NM.

&&

$$

Discussion...40
Aviation/Marine...43

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