NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Public/Media Guide - North Texas Weather Summary Frame

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td width="10"> </td> <td align="left">National Weather Service</td> <td align="right">Dallas/Fort Worth</td> <td width="10"> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><table width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr><td><div align="center"><br><h3>North Texas Weather Summary</h3> (SWS, AWUS44)</div><br><br> This is a routine product issued three time daily; by 5:00am, 11:00am, and 4:00pm. It provides a brief narrative for recent past weather (up to 24 hours back), present weather, and forecast conditions (up to 24 hours in the future). The emphasis is on past and current weather.<br><br> Record or near-record temperatures and/or precipitation amounts will be mentioned. The synoptic features causing the weather are also mentioned but only in the very simplest nontechnical terms. <h4>Example</h4> <div align="center"><table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#eaeaea"> <tr> <td><pre> AWUS44 KFWD 170914 SWSTX NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 413 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2000 IT WAS CLEAR ACROSS MOST OF THE LONE STAR STATE EARLY THIS SUNDAY MORNING. THE ONLY CLOUDS DETECTED BY SATELLITE WERE VERY PATCHY MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER IN THE WESTERN BIG BEND AREA. SURFACE WINDS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE VARIED FROM EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT FOR A NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA. ELSEWHERE...WINDS VARIED FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND FAR WEST TEXAS...AND WERE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVER THE PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES AT 4 AM STATEWIDE RANGED FROM A LOW OF 54 DEGREES AT AUSTIN...TO A HIGH OF 82 DEGREES AT HARLINGEN...IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. && THE NORTH TEXAS FORECAST FOR TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90. TONIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S TO NEAR 60. MONDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. LIVINGSTON/WSFO FTW</pre></td> </tr> </table></div><br><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">NWS Dallas/Fort Worth: <a href="../fwd/">Home</a> | <a href="../fwd/forecast.htm">Forecasts</a> | <a href="../fwd/currentwx.html">Current Weather</a> | <a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html">Radar</a> | <a href="http://204.185.136.10/awc/aviation_weather_center.html">Aviation</a> | <a href="../fwd/skywarn.html">Preparedness</a><br> <a href="../fwd/lakes.htm">Hydrology & River Info</a> | <a href="../fwd/radio.html">NOAA Weather Radio</a> | <a href="../fwd/ntexclima.html">Climat Data</a> </td> </tr> </table> <br><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="0"> <tr align="center"> <td width="2%"> </td> <td align="left" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Weather Summary</span></b></td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('fb')" onmouseout="inact('fb')" href="routinef.htm"><img src="../images/fboff.gif" alt="Introduction" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="fb"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('b')" onmouseout="inact('b')" href="swrf.htm"><img src="../images/boff.gif" alt="North Texas Hourly Weather Roundup" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="b"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"><a onmouseover="act('co')" onmouseout="inact('co')" href="../contents.htm"><img src="../images/cooff.gif" alt="Table of Contents" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="co"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('f')" onmouseout="inact('f')" href="zfpf.htm"><img src="../images/foff.gif" alt="Zone Forecasts" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="f"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('ff')" onmouseout="inact('ff')" href="../appendix/appendixf.htm"><img src="../images/ffoff.gif" alt="Appendix" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="ff"></a></td> <td align="right" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Routine Weather Products</span></b></td> <td width="2%"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>