FNUS74 KHGX 121724 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRAZOS BEND...TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1124 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO AROUND 50 DEGREES AND RH VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET BUT THE INVERSION LEVEL WILL REMAIN ABOVE 1500 FEET THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND DIRECTION WILL VARY BETWEEN DUE NORTH AND NORTH NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. COMMENTS: RH VALUES MAY BE HIGHER THAN FORECAST IF MAX TEMPERATURES STAY IN THE 40S. THE GRADIENT IS WEAKENING SO WINDS MAY DROP OFF FASTER THAN FORECAST THIS EVENING. A CIRRUS SHIELD WILL KEEP SKIES PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 51 52 52 51 50 RH..............34 30 28 27 27 28 20FT WIND DIR...N N NW NW NW NW 20FT WIND (MPH).23 21 21 20 17 14 20FT WIND GUST..30 30 25 25 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 MIX HGT (KM)....0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 TRANS WIND DIR..360 350 350 350 340 330 TRANS SPD (KTS).31 29 28 26 20 16 TRANS SPD (M/S).16 15 14 13 10 8 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............48 38 36 34 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 26 RH..............30 46 54 61 66 69 69 69 71 71 71 71 20FT WIND DIR...NW NW N N N N N N NW NW NW NW 20FT WIND (MPH).12 12 12 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 20FT WIND GUST..15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 MIX HGT (KM)....0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANS WIND DIR..330 340 340 340 340 340 340 340 340 340 340 340 TRANS SPD (KTS).16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 13 12 9 7 TRANS SPD (M/S). 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 .FRIDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............25 27 39 50 56 56 RH..............74 68 44 30 25 26 20FT WIND DIR...NW N N N N N 20FT WIND (MPH).5 5 5 6 6 5 20FT WIND GUST.. MIX HGT (FT)....100 600 1400 2300 3000 3100 MIX HGT (M).....30 180 430 700 910 940 TRANS WIND DIR..340 340 350 350 000 000 TRANS SPD (KTS).5 7 8 9 9 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 4 5 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...ROESELER REQUESTED BY...JEFF SPARKS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120112.BRAZO.01/HGX