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FXUS64 KMAF 191053
AFDMAF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
553 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 551 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2025
- HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT A COOLING TREND
TO NEAR NORMAL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.
- RAIN CHANCES BEGIN INCREASING AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE PECOS.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 221 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2025
RIDGING REMAINS OVERHEAD THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS KEEPING MOST OF THE
REGION DRY AND HOT. SUBSIDENCE WILL SUPPRESS MOST CLOUDS OUTSIDE OF
THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW WILL LEAD TO AN ISOLATED
STORM OR TWO, ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. BY FRIDAY, MOST CAMS KEEP
THE REGION DRY. LUCKILY, IT WON'T BE AS HOT AS THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS WILL REACH
THE UPPER 90S EACH AFTERNOON WITH 100S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 221 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2025
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TAKES HOLD OVER THE SOUTHEAST US THIS WEEKEND AND
HOLDS OVER THE EASTERN US FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AFTERWARD.
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BEGINS OVER THE CWA AND MOISTURE IS PULLED
IN FROM THE WEST WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BROUGHT IN FROM THE
SOUTHEAST. RAIN CHANCES MOVE UP FOR AREAS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER
VALLEY EACH DAY OF THE LONG TERM. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN NATURE EACH DAY. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE
UNCERTAIN, BUT SHOULD BECOME CLEARER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
HIGH TEMPERATURES SIT NEAR NORMAL IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S FOR MOST
LOCATIONS WITH 100S HANGING ON IN THE BIG BEND. LOWS STAY NEAR OR
JUST ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.
-STICKNEY
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 551 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2025
VFR WILL PREVAIL. WE ARE MONITORING SOME LOW CEILINGS MOVING NORTH
ALONG I-10, BUT THESE ARE SCATTERING OUT. WINDS WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE MORNING WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 KTS BY AFTERNOON AREAWIDE.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BIG SPRING 96 73 96 72 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD 95 72 98 73 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN 96 73 97 73 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON 94 71 96 71 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS 90 68 93 70 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS 94 68 96 69 / 0 0 0 0
MARFA 90 63 90 64 / 20 10 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 96 73 97 73 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA 95 72 96 72 / 0 0 0 0
WINK 96 71 98 73 / 0 0 0 0
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...29
LONG TERM....93
AVIATION...29
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