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FXUS64 KAMA 070505
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1205 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
..NEW KEY MESSAGES, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1203 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
-FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE FORECASTED FOR THE MAJORITY OF
THE COMBINED PANHANDLES TONIGHT, OTHER THAN THE SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE.
-RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
COMBINED PANHANDLES THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1203 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LINGER IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PANHANDLES TONIGHT, BEFORE DISSIPATING AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE
EASTERN COMBINED PANHANDLES. AFTER THIS PRECIPITATION DISSIPATES,
SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL. STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS USHERING IN COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO REACH FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES,
HOWEVER, NOT INCLUDING THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN CWA WHERE CLOUD COVER
MAY LINGER. AFTER THESE COLD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON THURSDAY, WINDS WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE WEST, WARMING
TEMPERATURES BACK UP AND BRINGING DRIER AIR TO THE PANHANDLES. BY
FRIDAY, SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
RETURN.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1203 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2026
HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REBOUND INTO HIGH 70'S TO HIGH 80'S ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON FRIDAY,
WITH COOLER HIGHS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CWA. SATURDAY WILL BE MORE OF
THE SAME, WIDESPREAD UPPER 80'S TO LOW 90'S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES
WITH POSSIBLE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS OVER MOST OF THE CWA. A FRONTAL PASSAGE ON
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL TEMPER HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN TO THE
HIGH-70'S O LOW 80'S. HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT LAST LONG AS THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WE SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR RECORD BREAKING HIGH
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES FROM MON-WED.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 633 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
AS OF EARLY THIS EVENING, LATEST RADAR WAS SEEING SHOWERS PUSH IN
ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLES WITH EXPECTATION TO SEE SOME IMPACTS
TO KDHT AND KGUY AROUND SUNSET. THESE IMPACTS WILL LIKELY BE IN
THE FORM OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS THAT WILL SEE
VISIBILITY AND CIGS DROP TO AROUND MVFR LEVELS WITH A POTENTIAL TO
HAVE BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CIGS AS WE GET LATER IN THE NIGHT.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AND RETURN TO VFR LEVELS
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH MOST CAMS SEEING SOME VERY DRY AND COLD AIR
FORCE STORMS TO MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE NIGHT AND OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. AS FOR KAMA, A STALL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH HAS FORCES SOME
SHOWERS TO DEVELOP MUCH FURTHER SOUTH THAN EXPECTED, BUT THERE IS
STILL UNCERTAINTY IF THESE SHOWERS WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO KAMA
PROPER. INSTEAD IMPACTS ARE MORE LIKELY ONCE THE MAIN BAND PUSHES
SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT.
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR TXZ001>004-006.
FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR TXZ005-007>013-
016-017-317.
OK...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR OKZ001>003.
SHORT TERM...23
LONG TERM....23
AVIATION...11
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