Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1012 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

.DISCUSSION...
SOUNDING LOOKS A LOT LIKE YESTERDAYS AND WITH RECORD TEMPERATURES
YESTERDAY CANT RULE OUT THAT THEY MAY GET SOME SERIOUS COMPETITION
AGAIN TODAY AND IN GLS CASE THAT WOULD BE A RECORD MORE THAN 125
YEARS IN STANDING.

LOC  HIGH  YEAR
CLL  96    1925
IAH  93    1995
GLS  88    1879

CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE OF 89 WILL BE EASILY REACHABLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WITH GPS IPWV RUNNING AROUND 1.4 THIS MORNING SEE
NO NEED FOR ANY CHANGE TO THE POPS. OTHER THAN TO NUDGE UP
TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR 2 OVER THE FAR WESTERN ZONES (2-4 DEGREES
WARMER THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME) AND TO TWEAK DOWN THE CLOUD
COVER TONIGHT THE ZONES LOOKING GREAT.

45/37/DH
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007/

DISCUSSION...
WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...ANOTHER NEAR RECORD OR RECORD BREAKING WARM DAY IS IN
STORE FOR SE TX. AM EXPECTING THE SEA BREEZE TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN
IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS THE TEMPERATURES REACH THE DAYTIME
HIGH. WITH WEAK TROUGHINESS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE (BEING BRIDGED
BY THE UPPER RIDGE)...ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS
POSSIBLE. THE MODEL SOUNDING DATA INDICATES ONCE AGAIN A LACK OF A
CAP. LIKED THE 4 KM WRF ON THE NCEP WEB SITE FOR HOW THE STORMS
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MODEL INDICATED THE SEA BREEZE
WILL START TO GET ACTIVE OVER THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES AROUND 20Z
AND THEN BECOME A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD TOWARD THE WEST. THE
UNCERTAINTY INVOLVED...WILL GO WITH A 40 PERCENT COVERAGE. AGAIN
CANNOT RULE OUT A VERY ISOLATED SEVERE STORM GIVEN THE MODEL
SOUNDING FORECASTS.

THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A VERY SHALLOW
FRONT ACROSS SE TX ON WEDNESDAY. UPPER POPS A BIT AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AND LOWERED THEM FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DURING THE
PERIOD...THE MODELS INDICATE A DRIER PERIOD. ONSHORE WINDS RETURN
BY SUNDAY.

40

MARINE...
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN WEAK THROUGH
WEDNESDAY..RESULTING IN LIGHT WINDS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
CROSS THE MARINE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN INCREASING
NE WINDS. WAVE HEIGHTS SHOULD INCREASE ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE REGION
DURING THIS PERIOD PROBABLY REACHING CAUTION CRITERIA. 33

AVIATION...
THE MAIN ISSUE FOR TODAY IS THE COVERAGE OF TSTMS. FOR THE 12Z
PACKAGE AM PLANNING TO HAVE A VCTS FROM 20-02Z AT ALL SITES
EXCEPT GLS. CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 80S..SO
SCT TSTMS SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND MID-AFT AND PERSIST INTO THE
EARLY EVE HOURS. WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE MVFR FOG AT MOST INLAND TAF
SITES BETWEEN 10-14Z THIS MORNING. 33

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      92  67  88  67  84 /  40  20  20  20  50
HOUSTON (IAH)              93  68  87  68  87 /  40  20  20  20  50
GALVESTON (GLS)            88  72  84  72  85 /  30  20  20  20  40

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

DISCUSSION...45

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
549 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-151200-
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-
549 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SEA BREEZE. THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM WITH
THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAY TWO...TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.DAY THREE...WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
WEAKENING COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN BY SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING PERIOD TODAY.