Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
255 PM CDT THU SEP 11 1997

88D KCRP RADAR SHOWING ISOLATED RW/TRW IN REFUGIO AND CALHOUN
COUNTIES WITH LTL MOVMT NOTED.  PULSE TYPE ACTIVITY WITH THE
AFTERNOON HEATING AND SEA BREEZE.  THIS WILL ALL BE GONE WITH THE
SETTING OF THE SUN.  OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT WX THRU THIS FCST
PERIOD AND REALLY NOTHING IN THE EXTENDED EITHER.

CROSS SECTION DATA FROM 12Z DATA SHOWS MOISTURE ON THE WAY OUT AS MID
AND UPPER LVL RIDGE REGAINS CONTROL.  AFTER 06Z FRI CRP/VCT SHOW
DRYING FROM H85 UP.  LRD HAS A LITTLE LESS DRYING AND IT BEGINS
LATER.  THIS WAS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE PWAT VALUES.  THE PWAT VALUES
REMAIN 1.60 TO 1.80 THRU 06Z SAT THEN 1.80 POOLS OVER WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE CWA WHILE POCKET OF 1.20 TO 1.40 PREVAILS OVER
EASTERN SECTIONS.  THE MAIN PCPN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED
BY THERMAL EFFECT DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.  THUS WILL KEEP SOME
ISOLATED POPS IN THE PIX.

WNDS LOOK TO INCREASE AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PLAINS.  H85 WNDS AT 12Z SHOW LLJ OVER S TX PANHANDLE AND N
TX.  WILL GO WITH 10 TO 20 FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS AND LRD AND 10 TO 15
VCT.  TEMPS WILL BE CLOSER TO MOS NUMBERS AND WILL STICK CLOSE.
AVN/MRF TOO COOL.

EXTENDED SHOWS NO MAJOR PLAYERS IN OUR WX PATTERN.  TROF/RIDGE/TROF
PATTERN WILL BE MAINTAINED.  TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMALS OF MID
SEP WHILE PCPN IS BELOW NORMAL.

TONIGHT...P/C.  E-SE WND NR 10 MPH...BECMG LGT VRBL FOR VCT...E-SE
WND 10 TO 15 MPH...BECMG LGT VRBL CRP...E-SE WND NR 10 MPH FOR LRD.

FRI...P/C WITH ISOLATED RW/TRW.  CHC OF RAIN LESS THAN 20 PERCENT.
E-SE WND 10 TO 15 MPH VCT...10 TO 20 MPH CRP/LRD.

FRI NIGHT...P/C.  SE WND NR 10 MPH VCT...10 TO 15 MPH CRP/LRD.

SAT...P/C.

CRP  BB  073/096 074/096 074 -1-1
NGP      078/091 079/091 079
ALI  BB  072/099 072/099 072 -1-1
LRD  BB  076/102 076/102 076 -1-1
VCT  BB  073/095 074/096 075 -1-1

MSL...73