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FXUS64 KAMA 091720
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1220 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2025
-VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2025
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES
AWAY FROM THE PANHANDLES. SOME LOW CLOUDS ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG
WILL BE FOUND MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER
SUNRISE. DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE SHOULD HELP
TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 60'S WERE THERE IS LITTLE TO NO SNOWPACK.
HIGHS MAY MAKE IT INTO 50'S IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE ON
THE DEEPER SNOWPACK.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2025
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ON MONDAY. THIS WILL HELP TO PUSH HIGHS INTO THE 70'S FOR THE
MOST PART.
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AT LEAST THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON TUESDAY. BUT HIGHS SHOULD
STILL MAKE IT INTO THE 60'S NORTH OF THE FRONT.
ANOTHER WEAKER FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ON WEDNESDAY. THERE WON'T BE MUCH
TEMPERATURE DROP BEHIND THIS FRONT.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO PICK UP ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF AN UPPER
TROUGH MOVING EAST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN.
SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS WILL PICK UP TO AT LEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ON FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED
SURFACE LOW INTENSIFY OVER WESTERN KANSAS. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY
GOOD AGREEMENT THAT WINDS WILL BE PRETTY INTENSE OVER THE PANHANDLES
ON FRIDAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER ON SATURDAY AS THE UPPER SYSTEM
MOVES AWAY FROM THE PANHANDLES.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1141 AM CDT SUN MAR 9 2025
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE 24 HOURS. THE PERIOD WILL HAVE
LIGHT WINDS STARTING OUT OF THE NORTH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
LATER ON STAYING AROUND 10 KTS OR LESS. SKIES EXPECTED TO BE
PREDOMINATELY CLEAR THROUGH THE PERIOD AS WELL.
36
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMARILLO TX 32 75 38 72 / 0 0 0 0
BEAVER OK 31 79 37 69 / 0 0 0 0
BOISE CITY OK 28 75 33 66 / 0 0 0 0
BORGER TX 33 78 40 73 / 0 0 0 0
BOYS RANCH TX 30 76 35 73 / 0 0 0 0
CANYON TX 30 74 36 74 / 0 0 0 0
CLARENDON TX 34 76 40 75 / 0 0 0 0
DALHART TX 25 73 30 69 / 0 0 0 0
GUYMON OK 30 78 35 68 / 0 0 0 0
HEREFORD TX 30 74 35 75 / 0 0 0 0
LIPSCOMB TX 33 77 41 71 / 0 0 0 0
PAMPA TX 34 76 40 71 / 0 0 0 0
SHAMROCK TX 32 75 39 75 / 0 0 0 0
WELLINGTON TX 31 75 38 76 / 0 0 0 0
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
SHORT TERM...15
LONG TERM....15
AVIATION...36
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