Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 FXUS64 KHGX 130833 AFDHGX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 333 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...HURRICANE IKE OVER GALVESTON BAY... ...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO PERSIST THIS MORNING... .DISCUSSION... HURRICANE IKE MADE LANDFALL AROUND 210 AM NEAR GALVESTON AS A CAT 2 STORM. STRONG WINDS AND UNUSUALLY HIGH STORM SURGE PLAGUED THE AREA BRINGING PLENTY OF MISERY. IKE CONTINUES TO TREK NORTH NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 12 MPH SO THE RAIN AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS STILL PREVAIL. RAIN CHANCES AND WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS IKE MOVES INLAND AND AWAY FROM THE COAST. REFER TO TPC FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES ON IKE. MOISTURE WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND WOULD EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ON THE PERIPHERY OF IKE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. 43 && .AVIATION... THE IMPACTS FROM IKE WILL BEGIN TO LESSEN LATER THIS MORNING OVER THE GULF WATERS. WILL TREND THE WAVE HEIGHTS LOWER OVER THE WESTERN ZONES THAN THE EASTERN ONES THIS MORNING. THE VERY LARGE EYE OF IKE WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER GALVESTON BAY THROUGH ABOUT 5 AM...ALTHOUGH HURRICANE CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BAY BY 4 AM. AFTER TODAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST LATE SUNDAY. SEAS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. 40 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 86 78 88 70 86 / 100 50 50 40 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 85 77 88 72 84 / 100 50 60 40 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 84 81 86 76 84 / 100 40 50 60 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS... GALVESTON...HARRIS...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. HURRICANE WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: FORT BEND...GRIMES...HOUSTON...MADISON... MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...WALKER... WALLER...WHARTON. TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO... WASHINGTON. GM...HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY... MATAGORDA BAY...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM. && $$ DISCUSSION...43