FNUS74 KHGX 251535 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR RICE FIELDS RX...ANAHUAC NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 935 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. INCREASING DEWPOINTS AND VERY GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL OCCUR THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE NIL. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE COAST SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER COLD FRONT WITH STIFF NORTH WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING. COMMENTS: STRONG DIFFERENTIAL HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION. SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. THE 500 METER BURN OFF TEMPERATURE IS 71 DEGREES AND TONIGHT THE 500 METER THRESHOLD IS 70 DEGREES (7 PM OR SO). THE CAT DAY WILL BE 4 FOR EACH PERIOD BUT TREND TOWARD A CAT DAY 3 BY 6 PM. RH SHOULD REMAIN HIGH WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS STAYING IN THE MID 60S. .TODAY... TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY P CLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............73 75 75 73 RH..............69 64 65 72 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SSE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 15 11 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 20 18 MIX HGT (FT).... MIX HGT (M).....1074 1362 1227 826 TRANSP WIND DIR.180 170 160 150 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 26 24 22 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 13 12 11 CWR.............10 10 10 10 CAT DAY......... 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............73 68 66 64 63 62 RH..............72 83 89 92 94 96 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD..13 12 12 12 13 14 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT).... MIX HGT (M)..... TRANSP WIND DIR.180 170 170 170 170 170 TRANSP WIND SPD.28 28 26 26 26 26 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 13 12 12 12 12 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 64 69 73 75 75 RH..............97 92 77 67 63 64 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..16 16 17 18 18 18 20 FT WIND GUST. 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT).... MIX HGT (M)..... TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 180 180 180 190 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 28 29 30 32 35 TRANS SPD (M/S).12 13 13 13 14 16 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...ROESELER REQUESTED BY...CATHY PETERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090225.RICEF.02/HGX