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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1132 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

New AVIATION, HYDROLOGY

SHORT TERM
(This evening through Tuesday Night)
Issued at 304 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

A very active afternoon with scattered to numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of Southeast TX. The forecast for this afternoon and evening remains on track. Current mesoanalysis show a favorable environment with increasing PVA and strengthening upper jet over our region. The interaction of passing shortwaves aloft along with different surface boundaries (quasi-stationary warm front and sea-breeze/coastal boundary) will continue to be the main focus for convection over the next several hours. Surrounding soundings and sfc obs show steep mid-level lapse rates (~ 7 C/km), MUCAPE at/greater than 4,500 J/kg with 0-6km bulk shear around 40 to 50 knots, sfc dewpoints mainly in the 70s. These ingredients will be enough to support strong updrafts along the boundary (-ies). With decent instability in the hail growth zone, and wet bulb zero height around 11 kft and EBWD around 50 knots, large hail up to around 2 inches will continue to be the main severe threat this afternoon. As the main stalled boundary pushes southeastward into the coastal waters late this afternoon and evening, the threat will slowly transition to wind threat. Models show 0-3km helicity into the 100- 150 m2s-2 range and 0-1km helicity greater than 90-120 m2s-2 east of I-45, suggesting a secondary threat of damaging winds. Tornado threat is low given 0-1 km bulk shear near 5-10 knots. However, a few mesovortices/rotation cannot be ruled out, especially near boundaries this evening.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for most of southeast TX until 8PM. Locally heavy rainfall is also expected; thus isolated flash flooding will be possible. Additional rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches can be expected through late this evening with isolated higher amounts. Will continue with a Flood Watch for areas particularly north of I-10 through 7PM this evening.

Storms should gradually taper off from west to east this evening as the boundary pushes offshore. Drier northerly winds will filter in, leaving us with dry conditions for the rest of the short-term period. Mostly sunny skies will lead to warmer conditions on Tuesday. Highs will generally be from the upper 80s to low 90s.

JM

LONG TERM
(Wednesday through next Sunday)
Issued at 304 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

A brief period of ridging aloft will keep things on the quiet-side on Wednesday behind the departing upper level trough that brought strong storms/heavy rain earlier in the week. With 850mb temperatures in the 90th percentile along with drier air in place (PW values less than 1"), we'll see temperatures reach the upper 80s/low 90s. This quiet period will be the calm before the storm so to speak as we'll have another upper level trough approaching from the southwestern CONUS. On Thursday, the upper level trough will be around the Four Corners region and will send out a few shortwaves out ahead of it. Surface low pressure is induced out in West TX on early Thursday, which places us in the warm sector. There will be an abundance of instability in place along with deep moisture (PW values greater than 2") in addition to some decent deep layer shear.
As a result, widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday as a shortwave pushes through. Another round of storms is in the cards for Friday as the trough pushes through along with a weak boundary. WPC already has most of Southeast TX in a slight risk of excessive rainfall (level 2 out of 4) on Thursday and areas around/east of I-45 in a marginal risk of excessive rainfall (level 1 out of 4) for Friday, so be on the lookout for locally heavy rainfall at the end of the work week.

The highest of the rainfall totals between Thursday/Friday as of right now are anticipated to occur north of I-10 especially in the Piney Woods area...this is unfortunately the area that has seen the bulk of the rainfall recently. Soils remain fairly saturated up there, so quick responses along area rivers/creeks/bayous are possible as rainfall may quickly become runoff. Rain chances linger into Saturday before clearing out as drier air filters in along with surface high pressure. Ridging aloft builds in towards the latter half of the weekend and into early next week leading to a warming trend. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s on Sunday and these will continue into early next week. As far as temperatures for earlier in the week, with the rainfall expected on Thursday and Friday, expecting highs in the low to mid 80s. Low temperatures will generally be in the upper 60s to low 70s throughout the long term period, but there is an upward trend going into early next week towards the low to mid 70s.

Batiste

AVIATION
(06Z TAF Issuance)
Issued at 1124 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Mid/high level cloudiness is in the process of thinning and moving off to the east. As this occurs overnight, expecting some fog to develop with wet ground and light winds in place. Currently seeing a few locations to our north flirt with IFR/LIFR conditions, and though confidence in specific locations/timing/details isn't overly high, see no reason some terminals in SE Tx experience this sometime overnight. SREF seems to favor LBX, CXO, UTS, CLL. Look for any low clouds/fog to burn off by mid morning with VFR conditions prevailing thereafter. Maybe some late night fog Tues night west of Highway 288 and south of I-10. 47

MARINE
Issued at 304 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Light to occasionally moderate onshore flow will persist throughout most of the day along with seas in the 4 to 6 foot range. The main story for today though will be a line of strong to severe storms pushing off the coast in the early evening hours. These storms may bring strong wind gusts, heavy rain, and hail. A brief period of offshore flow is expected behind these storms. Offshore flow will prevail through most of Tuesday before transitioning back to onshore flow on Tuesday night. Wind speeds begin to increase late Wednesday and will likely prompt the issuance of caution flags. The elevated winds persist into Thursday as we get our next round of showers/storms and this will likely be followed by another round on Friday as well. Winds become a bit lighter heading into the weekend, but remain generally in an onshore direction.

Batiste

HYDROLOGY
Issued at 1124 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024

Minor to major river flooding continues for parts of Southeast Texas, particularly along portions of the Trinity and Brazos rivers.
The next rounds of heavy rain are expected on Thursday/Friday, so be sure to stay up to date on the latest forecast information.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
College Station (CLL) 63 87 64 89 / 0 0 0 0 Houston (IAH) 67 90 66 90 / 0 0 0 0 Galveston (GLS) 71 85 74 83 / 10 0 0 0

HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...None.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 4 AM CDT Tuesday for GMZ370-375.

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