Summary: White alto stratus clouds looked to cover most of the sky with maybe some occasional clearing, during the morning, afternoon, and maybe evening and night. The sky may have looked clear during the evening and night. (Sorry I was not paying that much attention.) The wind speeds were calm with moderate and moderately strong gusts. I believe there was a 0 percent chance for rain for the Houston, TX area. I did not hear about or see any rain drops falling anywhere in, or near the Houston, TX area. I did not see, or hear any rain drops where I was in the Houston, TX area, during anytime of the day. It felt very cold, during the early morning and late night. It felt cold, during the mid-morning and night. It felt very cool, almost cold, during the late morning and evening. It felt very cool, during the afternoon.
Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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000 FXUS64 KHGX 040526 AFDHGX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1126 PM CST Thu Dec 3 2020 .DISCUSSION... AVIATION [06Z TAF Issuance]... MVFR ceilings at 3,000ft affecting IAH and airports northward will begin eroding from the south over the next few hours. Following this, VFR conditions will prevail across the area. Northwesterly flow will prevail through the afternoon with wind gusts up to 20 knots at GLS through the morning hours. Winds will gradually become light and variable across the area around sunset on Friday. Batiste/Fowler PREV DISCUSSION /Issued 511 PM CST Thu Dec 3 2020/... SHORT TERM [Friday Through Saturday Night]... In the wake of yesterdays cold front, not much in the forecast for active weather. Cloud coverage will still persist through the evening and night for the eastern half of the CWA. With the boundary still along the TX/LA border, the low in OK, we still are in the area that the cloud coverage will stick around for a bit. High pressure is building in from the west will clear out most of the clouds through the night and relax the gradient which will calm these chilly winds down. Coastal counties will stay a bit more breezy than the rest of the CWA but speeds will decrease there too tomorrow. The partly cloudy skies will help keep low temperatures somewhat more mild than what they could be. Northern counties will get close to freezing tonight and tomorrow night and coastal counties will get to the 40s. Highs today peaked in the mid 50s and tomorrow is looking about the same with mid to upper 50s across the CWA. Biggest downfall will be the nightly higher humidities making it a bit harder to start the backyard campfires. 35 LONG TERM [Sunday Through Thursday]... Heading into the weekend, the progression of an upper low over western TX will place SE TX within the left front quadrant of an associated jet streak, a pattern indicative of favorable upper- level support for the development of showers and storms on Saturday and Sunday. That being said, any development which does occur should be limited in both coverage and intensity as total PWs should remain below 1.0 in while model soundings indicate relatively low instability. The bulk of any showers that occur should remain confined to the coastal waters, where low-level moisture availability will be best. Have also included some slight chance PoPs (15-20%) inland, mainly across the SW zones, given the favorable synoptic pattern. One more certain impact of this pattern will be an increase in cloud cover, which should keep daytime highs down over the weekend. Highs are unlikely to eclipse 60 degrees on Saturday afternoon, while a modest increase into the lower 60s on Sunday as skies begin to clear. Overnight lows should remain in the upper 30s across the northern zones, in the low 40s across the Houston metro, and close to 50 near the coast. As we head into next week, the period of relatively benign weather continues as surface high pressure once again takes hold over the south central CONUS. With this feature reestablishing itself by Monday, expect a return to northerly winds and a continuation of below normal high and low temperatures. With total PWs sinking below 0.5 in and no forcing to speak of, conditions should remain dry through Wednesday. Models still are in disagreement regarding the redevelopment of onshore winds and the potential approach of a cold front by mid-late next week. For now, our next chance at widespread precipitation looks to fall within the Thursday-Friday timeframe. Cady MARINE... Offshore flow will be increasing slightly overnight as cold air settles in across the region. SCA conditions should prevail over the Gulf and may see winds in the lower portions of the bays increase to SCEC but not that confident yet. Friday morning after sunrise winds should start decreasing and 7-13 knot winds should prevail through the weekend. Stratiform rain chances increasing Friday night into Saturday overspreads the waters then tapers off Saturday night as the upper low departs. 45 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 55 37 58 35 59 / 0 0 0 0 10 Houston (IAH) 58 39 57 39 59 / 0 0 0 0 10 Galveston (GLS) 57 43 58 50 60 / 70 0 0 0 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM CST Friday for the following zones: Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM...Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM...Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM...Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM. && $$ Discussion...99
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