AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1227 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

.AVIATION...
/18Z TAFS/

CONCERNS...CEILING HEIGHTS/TIMING.

CIGS GRADUALLY LIFTING. EASTERN EDGE OF DECK HAS BEEN SLOW TO
ERODE...BUT EXPECT SCATTERING BY MID-AFTERNOON. STRATUS WILL
RETURN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT...TIMING IN TAFS BASED LARGELY ON
PERSISTENCE. HOWEVER...UNLIKE THIS WEEKEND...MONDAY STRATOCU WILL
LIKELY PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

CONVECTION IN WEST TEXAS IS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS TO THE EAST...BUT
WILL STAY WELL WEST OF TAF SITES TODAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN SE...
SPEEDS UNDER 15KTS WITH FEW GUSTS.

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.UPDATE...
GRIDS REMAIN ON TRACK. NO FORMAL UPDATES TO BE ISSUED TO PRODUCTS
OR ONLINE IMAGES.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 AM CDT SUN APR 11 2010/
LOW CLOUDS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE ALL BUT THE EASTERN ZONES AS OF
08Z. SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY SUNNY AREA WIDE THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE WEST. OTHERWISE...EXPECT
WARM DRY WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BY MID WEEK...DEEP SOUTH
TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES WEDNESDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMALS THROUGH THE WEEK.

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