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FXUS64 KLUB 301114
AFDLUB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
514 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 512 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
- MUCH COOLER SATURDAY AHEAD OF HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S NEXT
WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 1030 PM CST THU JAN 29 2026
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND ALTHOUGH
THERE WILL BE SOME HIGHER CLOUD COVER, LOW TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN
FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING INTO THE LOW-TO-MID 20S.
AS SUCH, ANY LIQUID ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL REFREEZE AND TRAVEL
CAUTION FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE IS NEEDED. A PLEASANT DAY IS
EXPECTED TO ROUND OUT THE WORK WEEK. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL BRING PERSISTENT HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE
MID 50S. A DEEP TROUGH WILL DESCEND INTO THE SOUTHEAST US FRIDAY
EVENING INTO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE EAST BEHIND AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT BY SATURDAY MORNING. COMBINED WITH A
RELATIVELY STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE, MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE
USHERED IN AND HIGHS WILL GENERALLY INTO THE UPPER 30S.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 1030 PM CST THU JAN 29 2026
THIS COLD SNAP WILL ONLY LAST FOR A SINGLE DAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL HELP DRIVE THE COLD AIR
OUT. HIGHS MONDAY WILL RETURN INTO THE MID 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. A TROUGH WILL APPROACH TUESDAY EVENING, HOWEVER AT THIS TIME
MUCH OF THE ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE OFF TO THE EAST
AND NBM IS FINALLY PICKING UP ON THIS, ELIMINATING PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED POPS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLIGHTLY, BUT HIGHS SHOULD
REMAIN IN THE MID-TO-UPPER 50S THOUGH THE LATTER PART OF NEXT
WEEK.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 512 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2026
VFR IS EXPECTED UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST WITH SPEEDS
AROUND 10KT. LOW CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY FILL IN BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH LESS CONFIDENCE IN ANY VISBY RESTRICTIONS. THERE IS A
CHANCE OF IFR CIGS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE GREATEST
CHANCES AT KLBB AND KPVW.
LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...19
LONG TERM....19
AVIATION...01
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