Freeze Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
130 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY/...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
EXTENDING FROM A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS
WILL PRODUCE LIGHT WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE
TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE INTO THE LOW 30'S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE OTHER AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL
DECREASE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30'S AND LOWER 40'S. CLEAR TO PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
HOWEVER CLOUDY SKIES WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 60'S SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST AREAS OF DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS WITH LOWER 60'S PREVAILING NEAR THE COAST. THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE THIS
WEEKEND AND THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE FROM THE
NORTHEAST TO EAST ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&

.LONG TERM/6 AM SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/..HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST
ON SUNDAY CAUSING A RETURN SOUTHEAST FLOW OF AIR ONCE AGAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE THE
REST OF NEXT WEEK.  A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN
STORE FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MOST OF NEXT WEEK.  THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL TIGHTEN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK CAUSING MODERATE TO STRONG
SOUTHEAST WINDS.
&&

.MARINE.../TODAY THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY/...AT NOON BUOY 20 REPORTED
NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS AT 14 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 18 KNOTS AND SEAS AT
2.6 FEET WITH A 6 SECOND PERIOD. LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE OFFSHORE GULF
OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS A HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE PERSISTS ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT
ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THEN LIGHT TO MODERATE
FROM THE NORTHEAST TO EAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

6 AM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS WITH LOW
SEAS WILL BE THE RULE FOR THE LONG TERM PERIOD OVER THE MARINE AREAS
FOR THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.  A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL
BE THE RULE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS AND MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE
BEING REPORTED AT THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA. HOWEVER MOST OF
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS HAS CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE MODERATE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS TO CALM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CWA
OVERNIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL
ACROSS THE CWA SATURDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
936 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-121200-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
936 AM CST FRI FEB 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FREEZE WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
COUNTIES TONIGHT.

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

A FREEZE WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
COUNTIES FOR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MARTIN