Expires:201302190800;Remove:201302190800;390345 FPUS74 KHGX 190557 NOWHGX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1157 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ214-235>238-190800- MATAGORDA BAY-GALVESTON BAY- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-CHAMBERS-JACKSON- MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA-GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC... EDNA...BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN... ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON 1157 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 .NOW... THROUGH 2 AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND EDNA TO ANGLETON TO GALVESTON TO HIGH ISLAND ALONG THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AT AROUND 30 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN AS THEY OUT BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES OFFSHORE BY 2 AM. $$