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FXUS64 KAMA 180610
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
110 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
..NEW KEY MESSAGES, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1244 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
-COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THEN
TEMPERATURES WARM RIGHT BACK INTO THE MID 90S TO LOWER 100S ONCE
AGAIN THU ONWARD.
-LOOKING MAINLY DRY UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE .
DISCUSSION
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1244 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE LOOKING TO KEEP AFTERNOON
HIGHS TODAY MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE SOUTH UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA TOMORROW ONWARD
BRINGING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE MID 90S TO LOWER
TRIPLE DIGITS. THE TRIPLE DIGITS MAINLY BEING THE PALO DURO
CANYON FLOOR AND POSSIBLY PORTIONS OF THE CANADIAN RIVER VALLEY.
POOR MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT BAY
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH POPS NOT RETURNING UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. MON
AND TUE WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS AS WELL MAINLY CONFINED TO THE
WESTERN COMBINED PANHANDLES AS MUCH OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
WILL REMAIN IN NM UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. H7 MOISTURE APPEARS
TO BE ABYSMAL UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK WHEN AN MID TO UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH DIGS INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION AND INCREASES SOUTHWEST
FLOW INTO NM AND PARTS OF THE GREAT PLAINS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1209 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE 06Z TAF PERIOD.
SOME LINGERING ISOLATED THUNDER MAY BE PRESENT AROUND KGUY FOR THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT IT WILL IMPACT THE
TERMINAL. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AROUND 10 TO 15
KTS THROUGH ABOUT 00Z THU BEFORE DROPPING BELOW 10 KTS AND
SHIFTING EAST THEN SOUTH.
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
SHORT TERM...36
LONG TERM....36
AVIATION...36
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