247  
FXUS64 KLUB 011120  
AFDLUB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX  
620 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 609 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
- COOLER THURSDAY AND MUCH COOLER FRIDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.  
 
- GRADUALLY WARMING, BUT GENERALLY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS  
THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1018 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
THE SYSTEM THAT HAS CAUSED ALL OF THE RECENT ACTIVE WEATHER IS  
FINALLY DEPARTING THE REGION TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. NORTHERLY  
WINDS WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. A  
WIDE RANGE OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED, RANGING FROM NEAR 70  
OVER THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE TO THE MID 80S OFF THE CAPROCK.  
LATEST MODELS, ESPECIALLY NAM ARE MORE BULLISH WITH REGARDS TO  
SHOWERS DEVELOPING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH LATE  
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS ARE  
POSSIBLE, HOWEVER GIVEN THE TIMING AND MUCH MORE COOL, STABLE  
AIRMASS, THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OF A CONCERN.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1018 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY WILL  
ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURES WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME  
TIME WITH HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE MID-TO-UPPER 60S ON THE CAPROCK  
AND LOW 70S OFF THE CAPROCK. BREEZY NW WINDS IN THE MORNING MAY GUST  
TO 30 MPH. A DISTURBANCE WILL STALL TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST THIS  
WEEKEND, HOWEVER LONG RANGE MODELS LOOK TO KEEP ANY ASSOCIATED  
MOISTURE OUTSIDE OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS WILL INCREASE A FEW  
DEGREES EACH DAY STARTING SATURDAY INTO MID-NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 609 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
WINDS GRADUALLY VEER FROM WNW AT THE START OF THE PERIOD TO NNE BY  
THE END OF THE PERIOD, WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS INCREASING TO AROUND  
15 KTS BY LATE MORNING. CEILINGS LOWER THIS EVENING, WITH MVFR  
LIKELY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. CEILINGS COULD REACH IFR BY THE END  
OF THE PERIOD. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS  
AND PATCHY FOG, MAINLY BETWEEN 06-12Z.  
 
 
   
LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...19  
LONG TERM....19  
AVIATION...24  
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