AFDBRO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1012 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

.UPDATE...
BRISK SLY SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS/DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL MIX OUT TO
SUNNY SKIES. STRONG SUBSIDENCE CAP EVIDENT ON 12Z BRO SOUNDING AND
WILL CONTINUE WITH NO MENTION OF POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 627 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011/

AVIATION...
CLOUD COVER RIGHT AT THRESHOLD BTWN SCT AND BKN ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH DENSER CLOUD COVER FURTHER INLAND. INITIAL SOUNDING
WIND PROFILE SHOWS WINDS OF 28KTS AT 1KFT...SO HAVE CONTINUED WITH
LLVL SPEED SHEAR FOR ALL STATIONS THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
WINDS WILL MIX TO THE SFC LATER THIS MORNING...REACHING 25G35KTS
AT TIMES. WINDS SHOULD HELP KEEP CLOUD COVER FROM GETTING TOO
THICK LATER THIS MORNING AS WELL. WINDS DECOUPLE AFTER SUNSET
TONIGHT...BUT LLVL SHEAR AGAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE
COAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  97  83  96  82 /   0   0   0   0
BROWNSVILLE          97  82  97  81 /   0   0   0   0
HARLINGEN           100  80  99  81 /   0   0   0   0
MCALLEN             102  81 101  80 /   0   0   0   0
RIO GRANDE CITY     104  80 104  80 /   0   0   0   0
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   92  83  94  83 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

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