724  
FXUS64 KLUB 220437  
AFDLUB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX  
1037 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
- LOW CHANCES FOR QUICK-HITTING RAIN SHOWERS ON THURSDAY, WITH  
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS FORECAST HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)  
ISSUED AT 215 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024  
 
DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO PERSIST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY, ALTHOUGH A  
MINOR RIPPLE WILL MOVE THROUGH THAT FLOW FROM EL PASO TO DEL RIO  
WITH NO EFFECT ON SENSIBLE WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE FORECAST AREA.  
SURFACE FLOW WILL REMAIN LIGHT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH THE MORE VARIABLE  
NATURE OF DIRECTION WILL BECOME MORE CONSISTENTLY FROM THE SOUTH TO  
SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT WITH A MORE PRONOUNCED LEE SURFACE TROUGH  
DEVELOPING FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO COLORADO. WIND SPEEDS WILL  
INCREASE INTO A RANGE FROM 10-20 MPH MID-MORNING SUNDAY AND SHOULD  
BRING SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST  
AREA, POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY SOME STRATUS, ALTHOUGH THAT SCENARIO  
LOOKS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. ALL TOLD, ANOTHER QUIET SHORT TERM  
PERIOD IS FORECAST WITH BOTH LOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR NBM AND  
MOS FAVORED THIS AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)  
ISSUED AT 215 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024  
 
THE LONG-TERM FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MOSTLY  
DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH MID-WEEK. NEARLY ZONAL  
FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL OVERHEAD OF THE FA MONDAY, AS A A  
WEAK SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION, BECOMING MORE DEFINED AND  
MORE POSITIVELY TILTED AS IT TRACKS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT  
THE SURFACE, THE LEE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD, ADVANCING  
A COLD FRONT INTO THE FA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE DAYTIME  
PASSAGE OF THE FRONT, TEMPERATURES WILL VARY ACROSS THE FA WITH  
NORTHERN COUNTIES SEEING DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S.  
WHILE TEMPERATURES OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO WARM QUITE  
NICELY INTO THE MID 60S AND LOWER 70S. THERE IS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY  
WITH DAYTIME HIGHS ON MONDAY, ESPECIALLY OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH  
A DECENT STRATUS DECK EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND  
REMAIN OVERHEAD MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY. THIS COULD LIMIT DAYTIME  
HEATING MONDAY AND KEEP HIGHS A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN EXPECTED. IN  
ADDITION, AREAS ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS EARLY MONDAY MORNING MAY  
SEE A FEW AREAS OF PATCHY FOG BEGIN TO DEVELOP WITH INCREASING  
SURFACE MOISTURE THANKS TO SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND H8  
LEVEL. THE COOLER CANADIAN AIR WILL EXPAND SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION  
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS THE SURFACE HIGH DIGS INTO THE  
REGION. THIS COOLER AIR MASS IN PLACE IN COMBINATION WITH MOSTLY  
CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL HELP KEEP HIGHS  
NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS IN THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES.  
 
A WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AS THE  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXITS TO THE EAST. AT THE SURFACE, WINDS WILL SHIFT  
OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST, BECOMING BREEZY AS A LEE CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPS  
AND DIGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY WEDNESDAY  
EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO A SUBTLY WARM-UP CHRISTMAS DAY WITH  
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AREA-WIDE UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. OUR NEXT  
SHORTWAVE WILL ENTER THE REGION OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY  
MORNING. MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES WITH THE "DRIER" TREND REGARDING  
THURSDAY, KEEPING THE CENTER OF THE TROUGH WELL TO OUR NORTH ACROSS  
THE TX/OH PANHANDLES. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MOIST RETURN FLOW WE SEE  
AND HOW THE SYSTEM EVOLVES WILL BE THE BEST INDICATOR ON POP  
POTENTIAL REGARDING THURSDAY. THE AREA THAT HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF  
SEEING SHOWERS WILL BE FOR AREAS ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS WHERE WE  
HAVE A SLIGHT (15%-20%) CHANCE OF POPS. WE WILL ALSO SEE ANOTHER  
SLIGHT COOL DOWN AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THANKS TO A PACIFIC  
FRONT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SADLY, THE AIRMASS WILL  
QUICKLY RECOVER BY FRIDAY WITH SURFACE WINDS SHIFTING OUT OF THE  
SOUTHWEST AIDING IN TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. ANOTHER  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PASS TO OUR NORTH, BUT SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE  
WEATHER ACROSS THE FA, WITH THE FORECAST REMAINING DRY THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1022 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.  
 

 
   
LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...07  
LONG TERM....12  
AVIATION...51  
 
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