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FXUS64 KLUB 051104
AFDLUB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
604 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 603 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2026
- HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- SLIGHT STORM CHANCES FRIDAY EVENING IN THE FAR SOUTHERN TX
PANHANDLE.
SHORT TERM
(REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1023 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2026
A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY SPANNING THE NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE SHOWS NO
SIGN OF REACHING OUR AREA, BUT RATHER STALLING AND MEANDERING
NORTH OF I40 THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP US TOASTY WITH
OCCASIONALLY BREEZY SOUTHERLIES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH LARGE-
SCALE SUBSIDENCE PREVAILING ALOFT ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF A
BROAD UPPER HIGH. OTHER THAN SOME ERRANT HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING
SOUTHEAST FROM OROGRAPHIC STORMS IN NEW MEXICO THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING, SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH HIGH TEMPS NOT TOO
DISSIMILAR FROM TUESDAY.
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1023 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2026
THE UA PATTERN OVER THE SW CONUS REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. THE 500 MB HIGH NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AMPLIFIES TO
NEARLY 600 DAM BY THURSDAY WHILE KEEPING US UNDER A ZONAL EXTENSION
OF ITS PARENT RIDGE. AS SUCH, POPS LATER THIS WEEK MAY BE IN
JEOPARDY AS THIS RIDGE AXIS REMAINS PARKED KEEPING THE BRUNT OF
PRECIP CHANCES WELL TO OUR NORTH. FRIDAY EVENING HOLDS THE MOST
POTENTIAL FOR OUR PANHANDLE COUNTIES TO SEE SLIGHT POPS PROVIDED A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATES FAR ENOUGH SW AROUND THE RIDGE SECURING
BRIEF HEIGHT FALLS/INCREASED ASCENT. THEREAFTER, THE MID-LEVEL HIGH
CRAWLS OUR WAY AND DEAMPLIFIES SLIGHTLY BEFORE SHIFTING ATOP THE
REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPS ARE UNLIKELY TO WAVER TOO MUCH IN
THIS PATTERN WITH UPPER 90S ON THE CAPROCK AND SUB-105 READINGS
ELSEWHERE.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 603 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...93
LONG TERM....93
AVIATION...10
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