Hail in Texas, May 11, 2001

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION..COR FOR PRELIMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
240 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001

MORE SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. PARTS OF BRAZORIA
COUNTY RECEIVED MORE 3 INCHES THIS MORNING. SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY
IS NOW GETTING ITS TURN WITH 0.75 INCHES FALLING IN 15 MINUTES.
EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO WANE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD ON SATURDAY AS A
WEAK COOL FRONT APPROACHES SE TX FROM THE NORTH. 25H WINDS ARE NOT
FCST TO BE AS DIVERGENT AS PREVIOUSLY FCST YESTERDAY BT SFC
CONVERGENCE REMAINS A PLAYER. PWS FCST TO INCREASE TO 1.3 INCHES
AND WITH WEAK MID-LEVEL WINDS...SLOW MOVING STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE A THREAT. CAPES AOA 2500 AND LIS OF -4 TO -6 WILL KEEP
THE THREAT OF PULSE SEVERE AS WELL. FCST GETS A BIT TRICKY FOR
SUNDAY AS NUMEROUS MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES LIKELY TO PERSIST AND ONCE
THE ATMOS HEATS UP...WOULD EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS TO DEVELOP.
WILL ISSUE A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND PULSE SEVERE ACTIVITY. WILL NOT INCLUDE
WORDING IN THE ZONES AT THIS TIME.

EXTENDED: RIDGE BUILDS IN AND CAP STRENGTHENS. NO RAIN EXPECTED
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IAH COULD REACH ITS FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY BY
THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

.HGX...NONE.

43/40

PRELIMS...
CLL BE 066/083 064/085 066 253
IAH BE 066/084 064/085 066 242
GLS BE 070/081 071/081 070 132