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FXUS64 KAMA 181743
AFDAMA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1243 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
..NEW KEY MESSAGES, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1217 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
- MOSTLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH
WEDNESDAY, WITH RAIN CHANCES POTENTIALLY RETURNING THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1217 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
IT'S BEEN A SNOOZY SUNDAY FOR THE PANHANDLES, AS QUIETER WEATHER HAS
SETTLED IN FOR THE REGION. MORNING SATELLITE AND MESOANALYSIS DEPICT
RIDGING ALOFT BREAKING DOWN ATOP THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MAKING WAY FOR
FLOW TO BECOME MORE ZONAL. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SHOULD BECOME
EVEN MORE ZONAL TOMORROW, AS MODELS SHOW TROUGHING AND RIDGING
FURTHER DEAMPLIFYING. THIS PATTERN PROMOTES PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH
HIGHS NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES IN THE 60S AND 70S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
STAY MILD OR COOL IN THE 40S AND 50S THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS,
BRINGING AN END TO ANY FROST CONCERNS. WINDS WILL STAY BREEZY OUT OF
THE SOUTH AT 10-20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH, BUT WILL
NOT BE AS BLUSTERY AS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE PANHANDLES.
PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY STILL APPEARS
QUITE LACKLUSTER, AS MODELS HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT DESPITE
IMPROVING MID-LEVEL MOISTURE, UPPER LEVEL LIFT WILL BE RATHER WEAK.
THIS STILL SUPPORTS ABOUT 10% CHANCES FOR VERY PITIFUL STRAY
SHOWERS/STORMS, BUT CONFIDENCE IN IT RAINING IS WANING.
HARREL
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 1217 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
MEDIUM-LONG RANGE MODEL DATA IS CURRENTLY IN RATHER FAIR AGREEMENT
REGARDING THE SYNOPTIC EVOLUTION THROUGH MID WEEK. ZONAL FLOW WILL
REAMPLIFY INTO SOUTHWEST FLOW AND WEEK RIDGING OVER THE REGION AS A
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE WESTERN SEABOARD. IN
GENERAL, WEATHER ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WILL BE MORE OR LESS
UNEVENTFUL. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S WILL RECUR EACH
AFTERNOON, WITH WARMEST DAYS EXPECTED WED AND THU. A TIGHTER SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS TYPICALLY BREEZY FOR PANHANDLE
STANDARDS, OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15-25 MPH GUSTING AROUND 35
MPH DAILY.
LATER IN THE WEEK, GLOBAL GUIDANCE IS FOCUSING ON THE AFOREMENTIONED
DEEPENING LOW TO EVENTUALLY EJECT OVER THE PLAINS LATE THIS WEEK
INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AMPLE DISAGREEMENT EXISTS ON THE EXACT TRACK AND
TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM, BUT EARLY INDICATIONS SUPPORT THE RETURN OF
BETTER MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES TO THE PANHANDLES. LATEST TRENDS
POINT TO BETTER LIFT BEING IN PLACE OVER NEW MEXICO, WHILE BETTER
MOISTURE WILL BE FOCUSED ATOP THE PANHANDLES. IN GENERAL, THIS
PLACES RELATIVELY HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN RAIN CHANCES OVER THE WESTERN
COMBINED PANHANDLES. HOWEVER, IF WE CAN HOLD ONTO MOISTURE AS THE
SYSTEM LIFTS OVER THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THE WEEKEND, DETERMINISTIC
AND ENSEMBLE OUTPUTS SUGGEST WE COULD SEE MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE
OF RAINFALL.
HARREL
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1217 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2026
VFR SKY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO PREVAIL AT ALL SITES OVER THE
NEXT 24 HRS. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 10-20
KTS THIS AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KTS. WINDS WILL BECOME
MORE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD AT KDHT AND
KGUY.
HARREL
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
SHORT TERM...38
LONG TERM....38
AVIATION...38
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