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AWUS44 KFWD 021008

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NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

507 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...AS STRONG

SOUTH WINDS OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO...BROUGHT LOW CLOUDS INTO THE

REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT.  THE CLOUD COVER AND HIGH HUMIDITIES KEPT

TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING FAR...WITH READINGS IN THE MID 60S

TO LOWER 70S AT 500 AM.  WIND SPEEDS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 20

MPH RANGE...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH REPORTED.



FOR THE REMAINDER OF TEXAS...CLOUDS BLANKETED THE EASTERN HALF OF

THE STATE...AND CLEAR SKIES PREVAILED OVER THE WESTERN HALF.  THE

AREA OF CLOUDS COVERED THE REGION EAST OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO...TO

WICHITA FALLS. THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WAS GENERALLY CLEAR...

ALTHOUGH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED IN FAR WEST TEXAS.



GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WAS THE NORM THIS MORNING OVER ALL OF

TEXAS...WITH ONLY THE FAR NORTHERN PANHANDLE REPORTING SOUTHWEST

WIND. AS IN NORTH TEXAS...WIND SPEEDS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 20

MPH RANGE...WITH SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH REPORTED.

TEMPERATURES AT 500 AM WERE IN THE 60S...WITH A FEW LOWER 70S

REPORTED ALONG THE COAST..AND 55 IN DALHART.



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THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL REVEAL LITTLE CHANGE.  MORNING LOW CLOUDS WILL

BREAK...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND READINGS IN THE

80S IN THE EAST...AND 90S IN THE WEST.  AFTERNOON AND EVENING

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS...WHILE IT WILL

REMAIN DRY OVER THE REST OF TEXAS.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE

MID 60S...TO THE LOWER 70S.