840  
FXUS64 KMAF 292336  
AFDMAF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
636 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 633 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
- THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND  
ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
POSSIBLE (DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY  
THREATS, PARTICULARLY IN THE PERMIAN BASIN).  
 
- CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND (30-60% CHANCES). SEVERE STORMS GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED.  
 
- WARMING TREND DEVELOPS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 156 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
A SUNNY AND WARM AFTERNOON IS AHEAD FOR THE REGION, SETTING THE  
STAGE FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE  
CLIMBING THROUGH THE 80S INTO THE 90S WITH PEAK HEATING, HELPING TO  
DESTABILIZE A MOIST AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. CONVECTIVE ATTEMPTS  
HAVE ALREADY BEGUN OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE,  
EVIDENCED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY, TRAVERSES THE REGION. THE MAIN  
TROUGH REMAINS TO OUR WEST, BUT THIS FEATURE AND OTHER WEAK  
DISTURBANCES WILL HELP INITIATION CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL  
HOURS. FURTHER COMPLICATING THE FORECAST IS A WEAKENING OUTFLOW  
BOUNDARY THAT HAS SETTLED NEAR THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY. AN ADDITIONAL  
COMPOSITE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND COLD FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS EASTERN  
NEW MEXICO TO NEAR LUBBOCK INTO OUR NORTHEASTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  
THESE FEATURES MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS AND ENHANCED CORRIDORS  
FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CURRENT HIGH-  
RESOLUTION ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE DEPICTS MORE SCATTERED AND WEAKER  
CONVECTION FORMING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS  
MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY POSE A  
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND RISK, BUT REMAIN MORE MULTI-CELLULAR. A  
SUPERCELL OR TWO MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OR IN  
THE VICINITY OF THE REEVES/PECOS COUNTY LEE-SIDE LOW PRESSURE. A LOW  
TO MEDIUM (20-50%) CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AROUND THIS  
CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COMPOSITE  
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY IS  
STILL SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWEST, INCREASING UNCERTAINTY SOMEWHAT. THAT  
SAID, NEAREST THIS FEATURE APPEARS TO BE THE MOST ENHANCED CORRIDOR  
FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A MEDIUM TO HIGH 40-70%) CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN.  
SEVERAL SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, POSING A VERY LARGE HAIL  
AND TORNADO RISK FROM THE FAR NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TO THE SOUTHERN  
PORTIONS OF THE LLANO ESTACADO, ESPECIALLY NEAREST THE BOUNDARY.  
THIS ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY MERGE AND TRANSITION INTO A MAINLY LARGE  
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND RISK AS IT SWEEPS INTO THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. THAT SAID, A TORNADO OR TWO REMAINS POSSIBLE  
WITH ANY WELL-ESTABLISHED SUPERCELLS.  
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION TO THE  
EAST DURING THE LATE EVENING TO EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE  
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION. QUIETER WEATHER  
IS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT AS A COOLER, MORE STABLE AIRMASS  
SPILLS IN. THERE REMAINS AT LEAST A LOW (10-30%) CHANCE THAT A FEW  
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS OVER THE  
COLD FRONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO POSE MUCH OF A  
SEVERE RISK THOUGH. TEMPERATURES REMAIN MILD DUE TO LINGERING CLOUD  
COVER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, ONLY FALLING INTO THE 60S FOR MOST  
TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
FRIDAY SEES COOLER TEMPERATURES OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION AS THE  
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S UNDER  
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE A WELCOMED SIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY  
THIS TYPE OF WEATHER. THE ONLY EXCEPTION MAY BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS INTO THE PRESIDIO  
VALLEY. A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH CLOSER  
PROXIMITY TO THE COLD FRONT. THAT SAID, THIS THREAT REMAINS A MEDIUM  
(30-60%) CHANCE FOR THIS REGION. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS  
EXPECTED THOUGH, BUT A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM CAN'T BE RULED OUT. A  
COMBINATION OF CLOUD COVER AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAINTAIN THE  
MILDER TEMPERATURES WITH 60S FOR MOST TO START THE WEEKEND DURING  
SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
-CHEHAK  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 156 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE TO  
OUR WEST BEGINS TO MIGRATE THIS DIRECTION. MEANWHILE,  
SOUTHERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS PERSIST AT THE SURFACE AS POST-FRONTAL  
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD. AS A RESULT, WARM AND MUGGY  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HIGHS SHOOT BACK INTO  
THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S SATURDAY, THEN INTO THE MID-TO-UPPER 90S  
SUNDAY AS THE RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. BECAUSE OF CONTINUED UPSLOPE  
FLOW AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND LOW 60S, RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES  
PERSIST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND (30-60% CHANCES FOR LOCATIONS ROUGHLY SOUTH AND  
WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER, WITH HIGHEST PROBABILITIES IN/NEAR THE  
DAVIS MOUNTAINS). GIVEN WEAK 0-6 KM SHEAR (< 20 KTS), ORGANIZED  
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.  
 
MONDAY, ANOTHER INCOMING SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHES THE RIDGE OFF TO  
THE EAST. THOUGH IT APPEARS OUR AREA WILL BE SOUTH OF THE BEST  
FORCING, PULSES WITHIN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD AT LEAST  
USHER IN SOME BETTER RAIN/STORM CHANCES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR A  
LARGER PORTION OF THE REGION (CURRENTLY 30-60%, WITH BEST CHANCES IN  
THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS/STOCKTON PLATEAU). BY TUESDAY, THE DRYLINE LOOKS  
TO SHARPEN UP A BIT OVER OUR AREA. THOUGH ITS POSITIONING REMAINS  
QUESTIONABLE THIS FAR OUT, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST MOISTURE  
(AND THUS BETTER RAIN CHANCES - 10-30% RIGHT NOW) WILL BE FOR THE  
EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN IN PARTICULAR. SUCH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL  
CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS WELL. SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS  
EARLY NEXT WEEK REMAIN QUESTIONABLE AT THIS TIME, THOUGH IT DOES  
LOOK LIKE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT AS THE SHORTWAVE  
PASSES NORTH, FAVORING BETTER STORM ORGANIZATION. HIGHS REMAIN IN  
THE 90S FOR MOST THROUGH THE EARLY PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK.  
 
SPRANG  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 633 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT ALL TERMINALS DURING THE REST OF THIS  
EVENING. HOWEVER, STRONG TO SEVERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED  
TO LEAVE THE REGION AROUND 03Z/04Z TONIGHT. MVFR CIGS ARE LIKELY  
BEGINNING AROUND 08Z FRIDAY MORNING AND SHOULD RETURN TO VFR BY  
EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR  
CNM AND MAF DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, BUT HAVE LEFT OUT OF TAFS DUE TO  
UNCERTAINTY AND BREVITY OF THESE CONDITIONS.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
BIG SPRING 63 78 64 89 / 60 20 10 10  
CARLSBAD 64 79 64 88 / 30 20 30 30  
DRYDEN 71 85 69 89 / 40 50 30 40  
FORT STOCKTON 68 81 67 88 / 30 40 20 40  
GUADALUPE PASS 61 74 62 81 / 20 30 30 30  
HOBBS 60 76 61 86 / 40 10 20 10  
MARFA 63 79 61 81 / 50 60 40 60  
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 64 79 66 88 / 40 20 10 10  
ODESSA 64 78 66 87 / 40 20 10 20  
WINK 66 81 67 90 / 30 20 20 20  
 
 
   
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
TX...NONE.  
NM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...91  
LONG TERM....13  
AVIATION...55  
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