Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Brownsville, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
145 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006

.DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR DUE MOSTLY TO THE CLOUD COVER.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST TODAY AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY.
SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY SHOULD
DEVELOP EVEN MORE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THE SHOWERS SHOULD
DISSIPATE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING.  AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TROUGH FOR THE
WEEKEND SHOULD INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. THE
BRO SOUNDING THIS MORNING SHOWED A PRECIP WATER OF 2.04 AND A
K-INDEX OF 31.
&&

.MARINE...AT NOON BUOY020 REPORTED EAST WINDS AT 6KTS AND SEAS 1
FOOT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN THE NORTHERN GULF.
RESULTANT SEAS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN AT 2 FEET OR LESS AT BUOY
42020 THROUGH SEVEN DAYS. THE REMNANTS OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN
COMBINATION WITH MIDLEVEL IMPULSES WILL SPARK SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DURING MOST OF THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
&&

.AVIATION...A DECREASE IN MIDLEVEL CLOUD COVER HAS ALLOWED THE
SEABREEZE TO FORM UP AND MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. AVIATORS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LOWERED CIGS AND VIS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
IN AND NEAR THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE WEST. CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE
AFTER SUNSET...WITH HIGH CIRRUS MOVING OVERHEAD MOST OF THE NIGHT
AND CALM WINDS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  75  89  78  92  79 /  20  40  10  30  20
BROWNSVILLE          75  91  77  93  78 /  20  40  10  30  20
HARLINGEN            73  93  75  94  77 /  20  40  10  30  20
MCALLEN              74  92  78  96  78 /  20  40  10  30  20
RIO GRANDE CITY      74  90  79  97  79 /  10  30  20  30  20
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   77  87  80  91  80 /  20  40  10  30  20
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
531 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006

TXZ248>257-091045-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
531 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP
TODAY MAINLY OVER THE MARINE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ACTIVITY WILL BROADEN FROM
THE MARINE AREAS TO INCLUDE MUCH OF THE LOWER AND MID VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.