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000 FXUS64 KFWD 242050 AFDFWD AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 250 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 .DISCUSSION... QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SUNNY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY...WITH HIGHS MID 60S WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. TONIGHT...CHILLY TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...WITH LOW LYING AREAS AND THE USUAL COLDER SPOTS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND CLOUDS BY LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WHICH WILL KEEP MORNING LOWS IN THE 40S TO 50S OVER THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY...BUT THE GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN. THE GFS FAVORS A FASTER...MORE PROGRESSIVE WAVE WHILE THE ECMWF DEPICTS A SLOWER MOVING LOW TRANSLATING FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND OVER KANSAS. AS MENTIONED IN THE MORNING FORECAST DISCUSSION...SHOULD THE ECMWF PATTERN MATERIALIZE...RAIN CHANCES WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OR TWO. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH MENTIONABLE POPS ENDING BY MONDAY MORNING. A COOL DOWN IS IN STORE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S. SCHULTZ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 36 66 39 68 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 38 68 39 68 42 / 0 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 37 64 36 63 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 36 66 35 67 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 35 68 34 67 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 41 67 40 68 42 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 40 68 39 66 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 38 68 39 69 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 37 67 40 69 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$