Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Nov. 17 20

 Summary: The sky looked to be clear during the morning and early afternoon. I saw some alto stratus clouds scattered across the sky, sometime during the late, or maybe mid-afternoon through the evening. The sky looked to be clear during the night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with some moderate gusts. It felt cold, during the early morning. It felt very cool, during the mid-morning. It felt cool, during the late morning and afternoon. It felt very cool during the evening and night. I did not see, or hear about any rain falling anywhere in, or near the Houston, TX area. I did not feel, or see any rain drops, where I was in the Houston, TX area, during the day.

Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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FXUS64 KHGX 180324
AFDHGX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
924 PM CST Tue Nov 17 2020

.DISCUSSION...
Only tweaks for the update were to add a bit of cloud cover to the
grids for some passing cirrus and to hoist the caution flags in
the nearshore Gulf waters with winds in the 15-20kt range.
Otherwise, all looks good. 47

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 547 PM CST Tue Nov 17 2020/
AVIATION...
No issues with this TAF package as VFR conditions remain in place.
Light NE winds the rest of this afternoon/evening should become a
bit more variable/calm overnight. Winds are then forecast to turn
more E/SE tomorrow by afternoon. Of note for tonight and possibly
tomorrow, we could see some ongoing smoke/haze issues for GLS and
LBX from fires in southeastern Chambers county. 41

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
College Station (CLL)      45  76  51  77  58 /   0   0   0   0   0
Houston (IAH)              47  74  55  77  62 /   0   0   0   0   0
Galveston (GLS)            62  72  66  76  69 /   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...Beach Hazards Statement through Wednesday afternoon for the
     following zones: Brazoria Islands...Galveston Island and
     Bolivar Peninsula...Matagorda Islands.

GM...NONE.

&&

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Beach Hazards Statement

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
303 PM CST Tue Nov 17 2020

TXZ436>438-181400-
/O.NEW.KHGX.BH.S.0010.201117T2103Z-201119T0000Z/
Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-
Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula-
303 PM CST Tue Nov 17 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Strong rip currents on Gulf facing beaches.

* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands and Galveston
  Island and Bolivar Peninsula Counties.

* WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

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