459  
FXUS64 KLUB 180801  
AFDLUB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX  
201 AM CST WED DEC 18 2024  
   
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WITH A SERIES OF WEAK FRONTS THROUGH  
THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 157 AM CST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
EARLY-MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICTS A BASAL SHORTWAVE TROUGH  
DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS AS IT PIVOTS EASTWARD. TO THE  
WEST, A MID/UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY; AND NOW THAT THE  
BASE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS NOW PASSING OVER THE CWA, CONFLUENT  
FLOW IS ADVECTING OVER THE NORTHERN TX PH. THIS IS EVIDENT AS THE  
CIRRUS SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-LEVEL COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO  
MOVE SOUTHWARD, WITH SUBSIDENCE QUICKLY ADVECTING IN BEHIND AS PER  
RECENT WATER-VAPOR IMAGERY. SATURATION OF THE LOWER-BOUNDARY LAYER  
HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ROLLING  
PLAINS, BUT THIS STRATUS DECK WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE  
CWA AS THE FRONT MOVES FARTHER SOUTH. NVA/SUBSIDENT AIR WILL  
CONTINUE TO ADVECT OVER THE CWA THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE  
SHORT-TERM PERIOD.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 157 AM CST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
EXPECT QUIET AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT  
WEEK. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL WITH A COUPLE OF  
SHORTWAVES MOVING ACROSS THE CONUS. MULTIPLE WEAK COLD FRONTS ARE  
PROGGED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  
SHORTWAVES MOVING OVERHEAD. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL  
IN THE 60S FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD EXCEPT FRIDAY WHERE HIGHS ARE  
WILL BE IN THE 50S AFTER THE FIRST FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY. THE  
NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT  
WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES OR WIND. NO PRECIPITATION IS  
EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH A LACK OF MOISTURE IN THE  
OVERALL PATTERN.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1044 PM CST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
VFR IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. A COLD FRONT HAS INCREASED  
NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED  
TO DECREASE UNTIL LATE MORNING OR EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...09  
LONG TERM....10  
AVIATION...01  
 
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