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000 FXUS64 KFWD 191031 AAA AFDFWD AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 531 AM CDT SUN OCT 19 2008 .AVIATION... /12Z TAF PACKAGE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 12 KTS THIS AFTERNOON...DROPPING TO AROUND 5KTS THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. ASIDE FROM A FEW CIRRUS CLOUDS DRIFTING BY...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR. SCHULTZ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 AM CDT SUN OCT 19 2008/ DRY AND MOSTLY CLEAR WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MAJOR CHANGES IN STORE FOR MIDWEEK AS MUCH COOLER WEATHER AND PERHAPS SOME RAIN MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY AS HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S MOST AREAS EACH DAY. AN INITIAL FRONTAL SURGE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH OKLAHOMA TO NEAR THE RED RIVER LATE MONDAY BEFORE STALLING. THIS INITIAL COOL SURGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTH TEXAS WEATHER. MODELS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH/CLOSED LOW INTO CENTRAL U.S. BY MIDWEEK. EXPECT FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING WINDSHIFT. DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH REGARD TO PRECIP CHANCES OR TIMING...WITH BEST CHANCES STILL EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHERN ZONES. WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. RAIN CHANCES TO END QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS DRY SLOT OVERSPREADS NORTH TEXAS SOUTH OF UPPER LOW. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR LATE IN THE WEEK...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY OCCUR IN NORTHEAST ZONES ON THURSDAY AS WEAK INSTABILITY DEVELOPS ON PERIPHERY OF UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL TREND BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY SATURDAY. 09 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 82 59 84 61 82 / 0 0 0 5 5 WACO, TX 82 58 84 61 84 / 0 0 0 5 5 PARIS, TX 76 52 79 57 79 / 0 0 0 5 5 DENTON, TX 82 57 85 59 82 / 0 0 0 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 79 54 82 57 80 / 0 0 0 5 5 DALLAS, TX 82 60 83 60 82 / 0 0 0 5 5 TERRELL, TX 79 56 83 59 81 / 0 0 0 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 79 56 84 59 82 / 0 0 0 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 82 56 85 60 84 / 0 0 0 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$