Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
233 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

DRYLINE IN CENTRAL TX PUSHING EAST AS SW WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER THE FA.  HIGH DWPTS CONFINED TO THE SRN + ERN PORTIONS OF FA
WITH THE DRYLINE PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON MAY STILL SEE SVR IN THE MDT
RISK AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.  BY EARLY EVENING STORMS SHOULD BE
WELL EAST OF THE FA AND WNW SFC WINDS BLOWING OVER THE REGION.  WILL
LEAVE IN SLIM POPS FOR THE COAST AND EASTERN ZONES THIS EVENING (ERN
ZONES SHOULD STILL HAVE MENTION OF SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING) FOR THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
ACCUMULATION.  COLD FRONT HAS A WAYS TO GO TO GET HERE AND DO NOT
EXPECT IT UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN THE NW ZONES AND REACHING THE COAST BY
4AM.  WINDS WILL ALREADY HAVE GONE RATHER GUSTY AND WITH THE
INCREASED CAA WILL NEED TO HAVE BECOMING WINDY INCLUDED IN THE
COASTAL ZONES AND GALE FORCE FOR THE NSH.  S/W TO ROTATE THROUGH THE
REGION AFTER SUNRISE BRINGING MID-UPPER LEVEL LIFT AND MOISTURE TO
KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY (LOTS OF AC) AND THEN THINNING DURING THE
AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH WITH THE LL COOLING WILL HAVE IN LOW CLOUDS OVER
THE NORTHERN ZONES...AND THEN A QUICK CLEARING TREND ON MONDAY AS
RIDGE AXIS WILL OVER THE REGION.  TEMPS WILL BE ON A STEADY DECLINE
WITH MINS TONIGHT IN THE 50S INLAND AND SUNDAY NIGHT LOWER 40S TO
AROUND 40 INLAND.  WILL BE FAVORING THE WARMER NGM FOR MINS.

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PRELIMS
CLL E E>B/B V 051 062/040 058 0000  NW NEAR 15 AND GUSTY TONIGHT
IAH E E>B/B V 055 063/042 062 -000            "
NE  E E/>B V  056 063/041 061 3000  BCMG NW 15 TO 20 AND GUSTY TONITE
GLS E E/>B V  064 064/049 062 2000  BCMNG WINDY TONITE GUSTS 35 MPH
                                     AFTER MIDNIGHT