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FXUS64 KAMA 302252
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
552 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1210 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
-PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND THIS WILL
LEAD TO ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH 105 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
- VERY LOW (20 PERCENT OR LESS) PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL LINGER
FOR MAINLY THE NORTHWEST COMBINED PANHANDLES THROUGH THE END OF
AUGUST BUT OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR MOST
LOCATIONS.
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1210 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN AS WE END THE
WEEKEND AND AUGUST AND START INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK. THE 595DM RIDGE
REMAINS CENTERED OVER TEXAS AND HAS A GRIP ON OUR WEATHER PATTERN.
THIS WILL MEAN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOWER 100S, WITH
SOME LOCATIONS TOPPING OUT TODAY BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. IT
WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY FOR PALO DURO CANYON WITH A HEAT ADVISORY IN
EFFECT FOR TEMPS UPWARDS OF 105 DEGREES. RAIN WILL ALSO BE SPARSE
THOUGH THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS(ISOLATED,
GENERALLY LESS THAN 30%) THAT AFFECT THE NORTHWEST COMBINED
PANHANDLES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY.
WITH THE LACK OF RAINFALL, HOT CONDITIONS AND DRY FUELS, WE ARE
SEEING ANOTHER DAY OF POTENTIAL ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
ESPECIALLY IN ANY BREEZY LOCATIONS. MONDAY WILL BE SIMILAR AS WELL
TO TODAY.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 1210 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE MUCH AS WE MOVE INTO
SEPTEMBER. THERE REMAINS SOME POTENTIAL THAT THE UPPER RIDGE WILL
LOOSEN ITS GRIP SLIGHTLY AND SHIFT A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST.
THIS MIGHT ALLOW FOR A LITTLE MORE POTENTIAL FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS AND
STORMS TO AFFECT THE WESTERN PANHANDLES, BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH
FOR THIS AT THIS MOMENT. OVERALL, THE BULK OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN
DRY AND CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OF UPPER 90S INTO THE
100S. MODELS INDICATE THAT BY NEXT WEEKEND, THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
BACK INTO THE REGION WITH A BIG BLOCKING PATTERN ACROSS THE PLAINS
STATES WITH MORE TROUGHING IN THE EAST AND WEST. THIS IS SURELY NOT
GOOD NEWS FOR ANY RAINFALL OR HOPES FOR A COOLDOWN FOR THE LABOR DAY
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 551 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL
REMAIN 10-20 KTS WITH GUSTS NEARLY 30 KTS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON TO MID-EVENING, THEN WEAKEN AND TREND TOWARD
SOUTHWESTERLY OR WESTERLY TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ317.
OK...NONE.
SHORT TERM...28
LONG TERM....28
AVIATION...52
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