FNUS74 KHGX 281328 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR DCNF...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 728 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS FLOW WILL HELP TO INCREASE MOISTURE LEVELS OVER THE AREA AND WILL ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS OF FOG INLAND AND SEA FOG TOWARD THE COAST AND BAYS. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY STALL OUT AND RETURN BACK TO THE NORTH BEFORE IT REACHES THE COAST. AN ONSHORE FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. COMMENTS: A WARM FRONT ALONG THE COAST WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY. FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL ACCOMPANY THE WARM FRONT AS IT MOVES NORTH. LOW CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO MIX OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON IF THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION. SINCE YOUR LOCATION IS SO FAR NORTH...NOT SURE IF THE WARM FRONT WILL CLEAR YOUR LOCATION UNTIL TONIGHT. THE FOG POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGH TODAY AND AGAIN TONIGHT. RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT...A TRACE TO 0.05 INCHES. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL NOT RISE ABOVE 2000 FEET UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE WARMS TO AROUND 72 DEGREES WHICH SHOULD BE BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. 500 METER BURN OFF TEMPERATURE IS AROUND 70 DEGREES. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............64 69 73 74 73 RH..............84 76 68 69 73 20FT WIND DIR...SE SE SE S S 20FT WIND (MPH).9 10 12 13 14 20FT WIND GUST..10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....600 800 1920 4200 3400 MIX HGT (M).....180 240 590 1280 1040 TRANS WIND DIR..150 160 160 170 170 TRANS SPD (KTS).9 10 14 18 24 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 5 7 9 12 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............71 67 65 64 63 63 RH..............79 90 97 100 100 100 20FT WIND DIR...S S S S S S 20FT WIND (MPH).15 14 13 10 9 8 20FT WIND GUST..20 15 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 1900 1400 1100 800 700 MIX HGT (M).....820 580 430 340 240 210 TRANS WIND DIR..170 180 180 180 180 180 TRANS SPD (KTS).25 24 20 15 12 9 TRANS SPD (M/S).13 12 10 8 6 5 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 .WEDNESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............62 64 69 73 75 75 RH..............100 87 68 53 46 43 20FT WIND DIR...S S S SW SW SW 20FT WIND (MPH).7 8 9 9 8 6 20FT WIND GUST.. 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....800 1100 1700 2600 4100 4400 MIX HGT (M).....240 340 520 790 1250 1340 TRANS WIND DIR..180 190 200 220 210 210 TRANS SPD (KTS).8 9 12 14 14 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 5 6 7 7 7 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...ROESELER REQUESTED BY...CHET DIERINGER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120228.DCNF_.01/HGX