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FXUS64 KFWD 051658 AAB
AFDFWD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1158 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2008

.AVIATION...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTH TEXAS AND WILL WEAKEN AND
SHIFT EAST BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL TURN WINDS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
FOR OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY AS VFR CONDITIONS PERSIST.  75

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.AVIATION...
530 AM CDT.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY UNDER A MOSTLY
CLEAR SKY.  SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
WILL MOVE SLIGHTLY EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND CAUSE THE WIND TO
TURN FROM NORTH/NORTHEAST TO A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION BY THIS
EVENING.  WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
.79...
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.PREV DISCUSSION...
251 AM.
CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS DOMINATE SENSIBLE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. COMPACT SHORTWAVE TROF ACROSS
NORTHEAST CO/WESTERN KS/SOUTHWEST NE HAS TRIGGERED AN AREA OF
STORMS. THIS ELEMENT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED FAIRLY WELL BY 00Z
NAM AND GFS...AND THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR
CWA.

THEREFORE...EXPECT A SIMILAR DAY TO YESTERDAY WITH SCATTERED
AFTERNOON CUMULUS...LIGHT EAST WINDS...AND HIGHS THE MID 80S TO
LOWER 90S.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THIS FORECAST PACKAGE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL PREVAIL...WITH TEMPS RISING A FEW
DEGREES EACH DAY /GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 90S/.

BY MONDAY...SLIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPS OVER
OUR REGION...ALLOWING FOR SUBTLE TROFS TO EASE THROUGH THE AREA. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN ZONES ON
TUESDAY...AND AREA WIDE ON WED/THURS/FRI WITH THE APPROACH AND
PASSAGE OF A FRONT. RAIN CHANCES AND EXPECTED CLOUD COVER WILL
KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES HOVERING IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90
DEGREES. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE AT BEST AND TIMING OF POPS
WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE REFINED WITH TIME.   SCHULTZ

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  90  68  93  71  94 /   0   0   0   0   0
WACO, TX              91  65  94  69  94 /   0   0   0   0   0
PARIS, TX             86  61  90  65  92 /   0   0   0   0   0
DENTON, TX            89  64  93  68  94 /   0   0   0   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          89  63  93  67  94 /   0   0   0   0   0
DALLAS, TX            89  68  93  71  93 /   0   0   0   0   0
TERRELL, TX           89  63  91  68  93 /   0   0   0   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         90  65  93  68  93 /   0   0   0   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            91  65  95  67  94 /   0   0   0   0   0

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.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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