Small Craft Advisory 36, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1243 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

.DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 57 FOR COUNTIES
ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 281 (MAIN THREAT OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS
WILL BE ACROSS LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES.
UNCLEAR HOW FAR EAST TOWARDS THE COAST THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
GIVE INCREASING CIN.

UPDATE FOR 06Z AVIATION BELOW.

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.AVIATION...COLD FRONT APPROACHING FAR NORTHWEST CWA AT 06Z...WITH
SEVERE TSTMS OCCURRING JUST NORTHWEST OF COT. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...WITH
A HAIL THREAT ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 281. UNCLEAR HOW FAR EAST
SEVERE THREAT WILL MAKE IT GIVEN INCREASING CIN ALONG THE COAST.
NEVERTHELESS...HAVE INCLUDED A VCTS IN VCT TAF 08Z-12Z AND VCSH IN
CRP TAF 10Z-13Z. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES...A TRANSITION FROM IFR TO
VFR CEILINGS IS EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS. MOST AREAS WILL
BE AT VFR LEVELS BY 15-17Z AS STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY WINDS AND MUCH
DRIER AIR PUSH INTO SOUTH TX BEHIND A SECONDARY SURGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1126 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014/

DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA.
STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT IN MAVERICK TO UVALDE COUNTIES.
HAVE BEEN MONITORING POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS ALL NIGHT...BUT
NEEDED THE PUSH OF THIS FRONT TO BE ABLE TO LIFT THROUGH THE
CAP...AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT HAS FINALLY BEGUN. ENVIRONMENT ABOVE
THE CAP IS CONDUCIVE TO RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH VERY
HIGH CAPE AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. HRRR AND RAP HAVE GOTTEN MORE
ENERGETIC WITH CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...AND IF THE FRONT
CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT WILL EXPECT ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH HAIL BEING THE BIGGEST THREAT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
GENERAL BEHAVIOR OR STORMS SO FAR HAS BEEN A RAPID
DEVELOPMENT...FOLLOWED BY A QUICK DECLINE. THAT MAY BE THE PLAN
ALL NIGHT.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    82  62  72  63  80  /  20  30  40  40  30
VICTORIA          78  55  66  58  76  /  20  20  50  50  40
LAREDO            81  61  77  62  88  /  20  10  20  30  20
ALICE             82  59  71  60  80  /  20  20  30  40  30
ROCKPORT          79  61  70  64  77  /  20  30  50  50  40
COTULLA           78  56  70  57  82  /  10  10  20  30  20
KINGSVILLE        81  61  74  63  83  /  20  30  40  40  30
NAVY CORPUS       80  63  70  65  76  /  20  30  50  50  30

&&

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

&&

JR/76...AVIATION

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
531 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

TXZ229>234-239>247-041030-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
531 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS
LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. ALTHOUGH NO
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...THUNDERSTORMS COULD
APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS NEAR AND NORTH OF VICTORIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ELEVATED TO VERY BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING...WITH
A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. NO
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH A FEW
STRONG STORMS COULD DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...MAINLY OVER THE GULF WATERS AND SOUTH AND EAST OF A PORT
ARANSAS TO ALICE LINE.

THE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BECOME ELEVATED ON SATURDAY ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-041030-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 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-
531 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS THROUGH 7 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...WITH A CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. NO ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONG
STORMS COULD DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY OVER
THE GULF WATERS AND SOUTH AND EAST OF A PORT ARANSAS TO ALICE LINE.

THE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BECOME ELEVATED ON SATURDAY ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES.

BRIEF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD
FRONT ON FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

CB/GW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
213 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

TXZ229-230-040800-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-
213 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN
COUNTIES...

AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDENDALE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF COTULLA...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOS ANGELES BY 230 AM CDT.
  FOWLERTON BY 245 AM CDT.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PZ