Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
810 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998

ONE LONE TSTM...NOW E OF EWX CONTINUES TO MOVE E/SE AT 30+ MPH.  THIS
SHD REMAIN WELL N OF THE FA.  ACTUALLY HAS BEGUN TO FALL APART AS OF
THIS WRITING.  EVENING SOUNDING DID REVEAL AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...
BUT THE MOISTURE HAS BEEN PUSHED E/NE OUT OF THE REGION.  CAPES WHERE
1400 J/KG...LI -5 CAP OF 1.7 DEG C...WBZ 8700 FT...PWAT 0.95 AND LR
OF 6.4 DEG C/KM.  EASTERN HALF OF THE FA HAS SEEN A SEA BREEZE MOVE
ACROSS WITH WINDS GENERALLY ELY.  WILL CONT TO COVER THIS IN THE
NOWS.

ONE FRONT NOW LIES ACROSS S CENTRAL TX WITH THE MUCH COLDER AIR STILL
OVER THE PANHANDLE.  NOTICED BOUNDARY HAS MADE IT THRU DRT WITH NW
WINDS 30G38 MPH  THIS AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE BY EARLY SUN AND INCREASE
NWLY WINDS TO WIND ADVSRY CRITERIA.  SCA WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE CWF
TOO.  CAA WILL OUT RULE THE SUNSHINE ON SUN AND TEMPS WILL BE HELD
INTO THE 60S.  WITH DIMINISHING WINDS EXPECTED BY LATE SUN INTO EARLY
MON TEMPS WILL BE ABLE TO FALL INTO THE 30S AND LOW 40S MOST
LOCATIONS.  WHAT A SHOCK THIS WILL BE AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF VERY
MILD WX.  TEMPS WILL STAY WELL BELOW NORMAL (54/75) EARLY MARCH LVLS
THRU MID WEEK WITH THE HINT OF A WARMING TREND SETTING IN BY LATE IN
THE WEEK.

PWAT AREA WIDE WILL FALL TO LESS THAN 0.30 DURING THE DAY SUN AND
REMAIN THERE THRU THE FCST PERIOD.  COULD SEE SOME SC DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON SUN ESPECIALLY OVER N SECTIONS.  THE MOSTLY SUNNY SHD
COVER THINGS BUT MID SHIFT MAY WANT TO EXAMINE THE LATEST DATA.

TO ADD TO THE INTERESTING ALTIMETER READINGS FROM THE AFTERNOON AFD:
BRO 2356Z 29.40
CRP 2356Z 29.39
LRD 0046Z 29.36
SAT 2356Z 29.42
VCT 2356Z 29.41
WOW

FOR THE MOST PART AFTERNOON PKG LOOKS ON TRACK WITH THE FOLLOWING
CHGS NEEDED...

//CRP//
.TONIGHT...CLEAR AND BECMG WINDY.  EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING
TO THE W AND NW AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

//LRD//...CLEAR AND BECMG WINDY.  S WIND NEAR 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO
THE W AND NW AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY.

//VCT//...CLEAR AND BECMG WINDY.  LGT VRBL WIND...SHIFTING TO THE W
AND NW AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MSL..73..