FNUS74 KHGX 261707 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR ATTWATER PATCH S...US FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1107 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE ON TAP THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE TO EAST WILL PULL AWAY AND FALLING PRESSURES OVER THE PANHANDLE WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT FRIDAY. THIS FIRST COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A STRONGER PUSH OF COOLER AND DRY AIR SATURDAY MORNING. COOLER BREEZY WEATHER ON TAP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. COMMENTS: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH...A VENTILATION RATE WAS NOT REQUESTED...HAVE ADDED IT TO THE PARAMETERS. THE VENT RATE WILL BRIEFLY EXCEED 19000 AROUND 2 PM. RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT ALL DAY. 500 METER TEMPERATURE TONIGHT OCCURS AROUND 71 DEGREES. .TODAY... TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY P CLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 82 82 79 RH..............59 55 55 61 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..17 20 18 18 20 FT WIND GUST.22 28 24 22 MIX HGT (FT)....3737 4336 3907 3498 MIX HGT (M).....1139 1322 1191 1066 TRANSP WIND DIR.190 180 180 180 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 30 28 22 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 15 14 11 CWR.............10 10 10 10 VENT RATE.......13668 19830 16674 11726 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 73 71 69 68 67 RH..............61 74 82 88 93 97 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..15 13 12 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT).... MIX HGT (M)..... TRANSP WIND DIR.180 190 190 190 190 190 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 25 24 23 21 20 TRANS SPD (M/S).12 11 11 10 9 9 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 68 73 77 79 79 RH..............100 96 83 73 67 65 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..10 13 14 15 14 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT).... MIX HGT (M)..... TRANSP WIND DIR.190 190 190 190 190 180 TRANSP WIND SPD.18 18 18 18 16 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 8 7 5 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...ROESELER REQUESTED BY...CARL SCHWOPE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090226.ATTWA.01/HGX