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FXUS64 KAMA 181733
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1233 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
..NEW AVIATION
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
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1221 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2025
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, LATEST SATELLITE HAS SEEN THE LOW CLOUD DECK
FINALLY DISSIPATE OVER KAMA, WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE SITE TO RETURN
TO VFR. CONDITIONS SHOULD STAY AT VFR FOR ALL TERMINALS FOR THE
REST OF TODAY THANKS THE DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS THAT MOVED INTO
THE PANHANDLES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT YESTERDAY. OTHERWISE, LOOK
FOR WINDS TO STAY LIGHT, BUT SLOWLY SHIFT BACK TO SOUTHERLY BY THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
SHORT TERM...36
LONG TERM....36
AVIATION...11
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