FNUS74 KCRP 131825 FWSCRP SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE CRAB SURVEY...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 125 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS A WEAK SEA-BREEZE DEVELOPS AND SHIFTS THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FARTHER INLAND. HOWEVER...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SOUTH TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY SEEP SOUTH ON FRIDAY...AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. RAINFALL ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE LESS IN AREAL COVERAGE DUE TO SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. PLENTY OF CLOUDS WILL KEEP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES DOWN FOR FRIDAY. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............80 83 86 RH..............90 70 60 20 FT WIND......SE 11 ESE 10 ESE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 7 ESE 8 ESE 8 EYELVL WND GUST.15 15 15 POP.............70 50 40 LAL.............3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............86 83 81 80 79 79 RH..............63 72 77 80 81 82 20 FT WIND......ESE 9 E 8 E 7 E 7 E 6 NE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..ESE 7 E 6 E 6 E 5 E 5 NE 5 EYELVL WND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 10 POP.............30 20 20 20 50 50 LAL.............3 2 2 2 3 3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............78 77 81 84 86 87 RH..............86 87 78 70 65 63 20 FT WIND......ENE 6 ENE 8 ENE 8 E 9 E 9 ENE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..ENE 5 ENE 6 ENE 6 E 7 E 7 ENE 7 EYELVL WND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 POP.............50 40 40 40 50 50 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...WILK REQUESTED BY...TRACY WARNER TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20120913.CLUEC.01/CRP