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Small Craft Advisory 56, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 10, 2012

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Nov 10, 2012, 3:30 AM CST. It took effect at Nov 10, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2012, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 10, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Nov 12, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Nov 9, 10:48 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 10:48 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1048 PM CST FRI NOV 9 2012

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 06Z AVIATION

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 08Z/09Z
BEFORE LOW CLOUDS WITH MVFR CIGS DEVELOP AT THE TERMINALS.
ANTICIPATE A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS BY 15Z. WINDS WILL ONCE
AGAIN PICK UP ON SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AOA 20 KNOTS WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH
AROUND SUNSET TO AROUND 10-12 KNOTS AT ALI/VCT/CRP WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS AT LRD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. NOT CONFIDENT TO
INCLUDE MVFR CIGS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY LIKE SOME GUIDANCE
INDICATES...SO WILL KEEP ONLY SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ATTM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 946 PM CST FRI NOV 9 2012/

DISCUSSION...SEVERAL UPDATES MADE TO ONGOING FORECAST. FIRST WAS
TO SLOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS EVENING...BUT STILL EXPECTING
SCT TO BKN CLOUD DECK OVERNIGHT AS SRLY LLJ DEVELOPS. UPPED MIN
TEMPS FOR TONIGHT ACROSS NW ZONES AND LOWERED A COUPLE OF DEGREES
ACROSS CENTRAL ZONES. ALSO ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPERATURE FORECAST
FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO REFLECT A MORE REALISTIC DIURNAL TEMP
CURVE. WIND SPEEDS WERE ALSO INCREASED FOR SATURDAY AS 30 TO 35 KT
LLJ MIXES TO SURFACE DURING THE DAY. FINALLY...INCREASED WIND
SPEEDS FIRST 6 HOURS AFTER FROPA SUNDAY NIGHT GIVEN EXPECTED LOW
LEVEL JET KINEMATICS. UPDATED PRODUCTS TO BE SENT SHORTLY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    68  84  70  88  61  /  10  10  10  20  40
VICTORIA          64  82  67  84  56  /  10  10  10  30  60
LAREDO            67  88  70  91  57  /  10  10  10  10  20
ALICE             64  86  67  90  57  /  10  10  10  10  40
ROCKPORT          72  80  70  83  62  /  10  10  10  20  50
COTULLA           63  86  67  89  55  /  10  10  10  10  20
KINGSVILLE        65  86  67  89  60  /  10  10  10  20  40
NAVY CORPUS       72  81  72  83  63  /  10  10  10  20  40

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT
     20 NM...WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO
     60 NM...WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

TB/78...AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 9, 9:53 PM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
953 PM CST FRI NOV 9 2012

GMZ230-235-255-TXZ229>234-239>247-110400-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
953 PM CST FRI NOV 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BRUSH
COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH
TEXAS ON MONDAY...WITH POSSIBLE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
SOME LOCATIONS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ250-270-275-110400-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
953 PM CST FRI NOV 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CDT FOR THE SOUTHERN
NEARSHORE WATERS AND ALL OFFSHORE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE
MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED BEHIND IT
ACROSS ALL OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS MONDAY..

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

RH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 3:34 AM CST	Wind Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	14 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.