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FXUS64 KAMA 120555
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1255 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
..NEW KEY MESSAGES, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1255 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
- HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK EXPECTED TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD TEMPS OF
100-105 AND FAVORED LOCATIONS PUSHING 108-110. RECORD HIGH TEMPS
POSSIBLE AT DALHART, BORGER AND AMARILLO.
- THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1255 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
EVENING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES AROUND THE
PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN US WHILE
MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES AND
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT
PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY UNDERNEATH THE MID LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE.
WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND THE 850MB THERMAL RIDGE RUNNING FROM
EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS...
WEDNESDAY LOOKS TO BE VERY HOT FOR MID AUGUST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
AND LIKELY THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK. WE WILL BE ISSUING AN
EXTREME HEAT WARNING FOR PALO DURO CANYON TODAY AS TEMPS COULD REACH
109-111. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE PLACED INTO HEAT ADVISORY.
SOME LOCATIONS COULD BREAK THEIR RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATE.
RECORD HIGH FORECAST HIGH
DALHART 100(2007) 103
BORGER 106(2020) 108
AMARILLO 104(2020) 104
THURSDAY WILL ALSO BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100 EXPECTED
AGAIN. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO SOME SIGNALS SUGGESTIVE OF SOME LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. THIS WILL OCCUR AS THE
MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED MORE IN THE SOUTHEAST
PORTION OF THE COUNTRY AND ALLOW SOME OF THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO
MAKE IT INTO THE AREA.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1255 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF THE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST US
WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES STARTING
FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY PUSH
THE CHANCE FOR STORMS TO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA OVER
THE WEEKEND AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE RAIN CHANCES COME TO AN END AS
WE START THE NEW WEEK. AS THE UPPER HIGH BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED
OVER THE AREA THERE WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE HOT WEATHER WITH
TEMPS IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ACROSS THE AREA AS WE START
THE NEW WEEK.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1255 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. WINDS MAINLY OUT OF THE SOUTH IN THE 10KT
RANGE THROUGH ABOUT 12-15Z THEN PICKING UP OUT OF THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST 15KTS GUSTING TO 25KTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF
PERIOD. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE LEADING TO INCREASED DENSITY ALTITUDE
AT ALL TERMINALS.
WEBER
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ001-006-011-012-
016-017.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR TXZ002>005-
007>010-013>015-018>020.
EXTREME HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ317.
OK...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ001.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR OKZ002-003.
SHORT TERM... KP
LONG TERM....KP
AVIATION...89
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