FNUS74 KHGX 041235 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR DCNF...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 735 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL KEEP ONSHORE WINDS IN PLACE. GULF MOISTURE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL HELP BRING CLOUDS...PATCHY GROUND FOG...AND LOW MIXING HEIGHTS EARLY EACH DAY. THE LOW-LEVEL INVERSION WILL BREAK EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE LOW CLOUDS TO SCATTER OUT. HOWEVER...A CAP WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES LOW. COMMENTS: WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BACK TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT MID LEVEL CLOUDS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST. IF THIS OCCURS...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE HIGHER RH VALUES THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. FOG POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE MODERATE TO HIGH ON SATURDAY MORNING AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH AND CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY MORNING FOG. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............78 84 87 90 RH..............71 57 53 49 20FT WIND DIR...SW S S S 20FT WIND (MPH).7 7 7 7 20FT WIND GUST..10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2000 3600 4500 4500 MIX HGT (M).....610 1100 1370 1370 TRANS WIND DIR..210 200 190 180 TRANS SPD (KTS).15 16 15 14 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 8 7 CWR.............10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............87 82 78 74 72 70 RH..............53 63 69 76 81 87 20FT WIND DIR...S S S S S S 20FT WIND (MPH).7 7 7 7 6 6 20FT WIND GUST..10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5200 4100 1400 800 600 500 MIX HGT (M).....1580 1250 430 240 180 150 TRANS WIND DIR..170 170 170 190 200 210 TRANS SPD (KTS).16 15 10 10 9 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 8 5 5 5 4 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 72 78 83 86 89 RH..............93 84 69 57 51 45 20FT WIND DIR...S S S S S S 20FT WIND (MPH).5 6 7 8 8 8 20FT WIND GUST.. 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....400 900 2000 3900 5100 5100 MIX HGT (M).....120 270 610 1190 1550 1550 TRANS WIND DIR..190 190 200 210 200 180 TRANS SPD (KTS).8 13 17 16 14 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).4 7 9 8 7 7 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...ROESELER REQUESTED BY...CHET DIERINGER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120504.DCNF_.01/HGX