1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 1:33 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 233 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006 .DISCUSSION... A BIT MORE SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SCOPE THIS AFTERNOON COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AGO AS SEA BREEZE-DRIVEN PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHWESTWARD WELL INLAND ACROSS INTERSTATE 10. SYNOPTIC SCALE THEME IS THAT OF A LARGE CENTRAL US RIDGE THAT REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE MIDWEST FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE 7 DAY PERIOD. RIDGE WILL SLIGHTLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH FRIDAY WHICH WILL INCREASE SUBSIDENCE ENOUGH TO DECREASE THE PRECIPITATION COVERAGE...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY SUPPRESS RAIN NOR CREATE AN OPPRESSIVE HEAT SITUATION. THUS...SHORT TERM FORECAST CALLS FOR A 20 TO 30 POPS MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES DUE MORE EFFICIENT EARLY DAY HEATING AND AMPLE MOSITURE LEVELS (FORECASTED PWS STILL IN THE +1.5 RANGE). LOW LEVEL FOCUS WILL BE SMALL SCALE DRIVEN AS IN PAST DAYS. WHEREVER THE SEA BREEZE DECIDES TO SET UP IS WHERE POPS WILL BE 50 OR GREATER...BETTER HANDLED IN NOWCASTS. THE LONGER RANGE WEATHER PATTERN DEPENDS UPON THE WESTERN PROPAGATION OF THE TUTT/INVERTED TROF ACROSS THE GULF THAT THE MODELS ARE CURRENTLY PICKING UP ON. THIS WEAKNESS IS FORECASTED TO CARVE INTO THE SE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. GFS/ECMWF SOLUTION HAS LARGE-SCALE NORTHERN GULF SHEAR AXIS CUTTING OFF AND MOVING OVER THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY GOING INTO SUNDAY. THIS IS THE MORE WET SOLUTION TO THE CANADIAN SOLUTION WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY DRIER OUTCOME. 12Z CANADIAN HINTS AT THE WEAKNESS UNDERCUTTING LARGE NORTHERN RIDGING WHICH ULTIMATELY INCREASES QPF...BUT NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AS THE GFS/ECMWF. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS/ECMWF SOLUTION AS THE OVERALL PATTERN IN THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ONE OF LOWER GULF PRESSURES...ENHANCED OFFSHORE PRECIPITATION... AND FAVORABLE STEERING WINDS. THESE EASTERLY STEERING WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE THE REMNANTS OF THE TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE BAHAMAS WESTWARD. THIS THINKING...ALONG WITH THE TUTT/INVERTED TROF RIDING UP AND UNDER THE RIDGE...WILL KEEP FAIRLY HIGH POPS (30) OVER THE WEEKEND....AND KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. 31 && .AVIATION... SEABREEZE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION GRADUALLY MOVING NORTH AND SHOULD AFFECT NORTHERN ZONES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPO CONDITIONS FOR SHRA/TSRA STILL EXPECTED FOR ABOUT 2 MORE HOURS HOU/IAH BUT BECOMING LESS SO FOG GLS AND LBX. CONVECTION AGAIN WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET LEAVING MAINLY HIGH LEVEL CS DURING REST OF EVENING. EARLY MORNING WEAK CONVECTION EXPECTED OVER COASTAL WATERS MOVING SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH THE MORNING TOMORROW. OTHER THAN SOME LIGHT FOG FOR LBX...REST OF TAF SITES TONIGHT FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD BE VFR WITH A FEW LOW CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SCATTERED HIGH CIRRUS. 37 && .MARINE... LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS UPPER TEXAS WATERS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SWELL WAVES TO PROPAGATE FROM EAST/SOUTHEAST THROUGH REGION. WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL ESSENTIALLY PREVAIL OVER GULF. 37 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 75 97 75 97 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 76 95 76 96 76 / 20 20 10 20 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 80 90 80 91 80 / 20 30 20 20 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 545 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-091200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- 545 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down on the south end of Lake Somerville.
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