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FXUS64 KFWD 090804
AFDFWD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
304 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025
..NEW LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.
- DRY AND HOT WEATHER RETURNS NEXT WEEK, WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S
EXPECTED NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
SHORT TERM
/ISSUED 1220 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025/
/FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
SCATTERED MID AND UPPER CLOUD COVER CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT WITH LIGHT NORTH WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S. THE REST OF TONIGHT WILL FEATURE
INTERMITTENT CLOUD COVER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH MORNING
LOWS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60.
ON FRIDAY, A WEAK UPPER LOW WILL CLOSE OFF OVER THE ARKLATEX WITH
NORTH TEXAS POSITIONED WITHIN AN AREA OF BROAD SYNOPTIC SCALE
ASCENT AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING INTO THE LOW. LIFT
SHOULD BECOME MAXIMIZED DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS COINCIDING
WITH PEAK HEATING AND WE'LL LIKELY SEE AT LEAST A FEW SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP. GENERALLY WEAK WIND
FIELDS, WEAK CAPPING, AND A LACK OF ANY NOTABLE SURFACE FORCING
SUGGEST THAT ANY CONVECTION WILL BE DISORGANIZED WITH LITTLE
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. COVERAGE OF ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE
HIGHEST EAST OF I-35 WHERE MOISTURE IS A LITTLE BETTER. WE'LL HAVE
POPS AT 20% TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS ACTIVITY. ANY ONGOING CONVECTION
WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING.
OTHERWISE, FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY SHOULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET AS
THE MAIN UPPER LOW SLOWLY DRIFTS TO THE SOUTH. MID AND HIGH LEVEL
CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO SATURDAY AS MOISTURE WRAPS
AROUND THE UPPER LOW. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCE SHOULD BE
CONFINED TO COASTAL AREAS AND INTO CENTRAL TX SOUTH OF OUR AREA
THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
DUNN
LONG TERM
/NEW/
/SATURDAY NIGHT ONWARD/
AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OVER LOUISIANA FOR A GOOD 24
HOURS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND, WHILE ITS SURFACE
COUNTERPART MEANDERS AROUND THE LA/MS COASTAL REGION. THIS WILL
KEEP LIGHT NORTH WINDS AND SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES IN PLACE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH MONDAY MORNING LOWS ONCE AGAIN IN THE
50S. THE LOW WILL FINALLY BE KICKED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE
WEST COAST. THE RESULTING RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS WILL CREATE A
WARMING TREND FOR THE EARLY TO MIDWEEK PERIOD OF NEXT WEEK. BY
WEDNESDAY WE WILL EXPERIENCE LOWS AROUND 70 WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S
ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEK, WHICH WILL KNOCK A FEW DEGREES OFF AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT ABOVE-NORMAL READINGS CAN STILL BE
EXPECTED. THIS EASTWARD SHIFT MAY OPEN THE REGION UP TO SOME
CONVECTION AS A TROUGH SWINGING THROUGH THE PLAINS PUSHES THE
DRYLINE EAST INTO THE AREA LATE NEXT FRIDAY. ACTIVITY WOULD LIKELY
BE ISOLATED AND DEPENDENT UPON IF THE CAP BREAKS. MORE WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY FINALLY RE-ENTER THE PICTURE NEXT WEEKEND
AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TAKES A FARTHER SOUTH ROUTE THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. IT IS STILL QUITE A WAYS OUT, BUT BEING THE
MIDDLE OF MAY ALL BUT ENSURES AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER. WE WILL GAIN MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL AS HIGHER RESOLUTION GUIDANCE IS RECEIVED NEXT WEEK.
30
AVIATION
/ISSUED 1220 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2025/
/6Z TAFS/
VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A CONTINUED NORTH FLOW
INCREASING TO AROUND 15 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS/STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON (~20%) AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH
VCSH FOR THE TIME BEING. OTHERWISE, VFR WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY.
DUNN
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
DALLAS-FT. WORTH 76 59 77 56 77 / 20 10 0 0 0
WACO 76 58 77 56 77 / 20 10 5 0 0
PARIS 74 56 75 54 73 / 20 10 0 5 10
DENTON 76 54 76 51 76 / 20 10 0 0 0
MCKINNEY 75 57 75 53 75 / 20 10 0 0 0
DALLAS 77 59 77 57 77 / 20 10 0 0 0
TERRELL 76 57 75 54 75 / 20 10 0 0 5
CORSICANA 77 58 77 56 76 / 20 10 5 0 5
TEMPLE 79 59 79 55 79 / 10 5 10 0 0
MINERAL WELLS 77 55 77 51 78 / 20 10 0 0 0
FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
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