Low blueish grey stratus clouds covered the whole sky, at my house in northwest Houston, TX, and the Heights area where I work, during the early morning. Low blueish grey stratus clouds covered the whole sky, in the Heights area where I work, during the mid and late morning, and afternoon. Low blueish grey stratus clouds covered the whole sky, on my way home in northwest Houston, TX, from where I work in the Heights area, during the evening. Low, greyish stratus clouds looked to cover the whole sky, at my house, during the night. With speeds were calm with some moderate gusts. The day felt warm with some little cool winds. There was no rain for the Houston, TX area that I know of. There may have been a 10 to 20 percent chance for rain for the Houston, TX area. I think I may have seen some light drizzle during the early morning and felt a few drops throughout the day. It had looked like it wanted to/was going to rain all day but it never did.
Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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000 FXUS64 KHGX 242339 AFDHGX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 639 PM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020 .AVIATION... Short term guidance remains bullish in eroding the MVFR ceilings that have plagues the area over the last 24 hours. There are signs that the cloud deck has begun to erode from the both the north and west. However with the loss of heating limiting mixing and allowing the inversion to strengthen, not at all confident on when the ceilings will actually break. If skies do clear, we need to watch for fog to develop. fcst soundings show a mix of MVFR/VFR cigs lingering for much of Friday before VFR conditions develop late Friday. 43 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 357 PM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020/ SHORT TERM...[Tonight through Friday Afternoon]... The main issue is cloud cover with an extensive blanket across the region this afternoon that should persist through mid morning Friday. Winds relaxing tonight and may even become calm in a few inland locations. Eventually Friday mid morning northeasterly winds will prevail trending toward the east by late Friday afternoon. Temperatures will not have a big range with highs this afternoon in the mid to upper 70s falling slowly into the lower 60s north to near 70 on the coast. Temperatures Friday should rise into the lower to mid 80s (but if the clouds erode sooner then temperatures will need a nudge up). Rain chances remain very low but a spit or two of drizzle is possible it isn`t likely. 45 LONG TERM [Friday Night through Wednesday]... Our fairly dry and generally benign weather pattern continues into the weekend as a broad area of surface high pressure sits over the south-central CONUS/northern Gulf of Mexico. As this high shifts slowly to the east by Saturday, look for a return to southerly winds by the evening hours. While this should result in a slight uptick in surface dew points, an overall weak pressure gradient will prevent deeper low-level moisture over the central Gulf from reaching the area. As a result, total PW values should remain in the vicinity of 1.0 in through the duration of the weekend. The latest ECMWF & GFS runs continue to place SE TX within the left front quadrant of a jet streak associated with a developing upper low to our west on Saturday, though the aforementioned lack of near-surface moisture should inhibit any widespread precipitation development. While an isolated shower or two isn`t out of the question, was not confident enough to include any mentions of PoPs in the forecast. The major story of the extended period continues to be the approach of a surface cold front early next week. Model consensus over the past few runs has sped up the approach of this feature, which now looks to reach the northern counties by Monday morning, pushing through the metro area throughout the day and advancing offshore in the early evening. National blends continue to be conservative with rainfall along the front. Have increased PoPs on Monday given the recent trend of a stronger frontal passage (850-700mb frontogenesis continues to show a strong signal in both GFS & ECMWF solutions) to around 30-40%, as convergence along the advancing boundary should be sufficient to generate scattered showers and storms. In the wake of the front, look for a shift to moderate to strong offshore winds and noticeably cooler (dare I say, "fall-like") conditions. Lows on Monday evening should be the lowest we`ve seen in quite a while, with most inland areas dipping into the 50s while the coast will stay in the upper 60s. Persistent surface high pressure behind the departing front will bring an extended period of calm, cool, and dry weather to the area. Look for daytime highs in the mid 80s with overnight lows in the 60s through the end of the work week. Cady MARINE... Light winds with low seas will prevail through Sunday though swinging from north to northeast to southeast and south Friday into Saturday. A strong cold front pushes off the coast Monday morning and should bring SCEC and SCA conditions Monday afternoon thanks to strong CAA through Tuesday morning. A reinforcing cold front arrives Wednesday and should boost winds again with more persistently northeasterly flow and will be flirting with SCEC conditions Wednesday through Friday if the forecast remains on the current track. And the Tropics remain blissfully quiet. 45 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 63 85 63 86 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 Houston (IAH) 65 84 67 86 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 Galveston (GLS) 72 81 74 84 76 / 10 0 0 10 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && $$ Discussion...43 Aviation/Marine...43
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