626  
FXUS64 KMAF 200924  
AFDMAF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
324 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
   
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 249 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
- A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR LEA  
COUNTY, NM AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  
 
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON)  
ISSUED AT 249 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
A CHILLY START TO THE DAY AS MOST AREAS WILL BE SETTLING INTO THE  
30S. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN PLACE FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN  
PORTIONS OF LEA COUNTY AS WELL AS THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  
LOWS IN THAT AREA WILL MAKE IT TO AROUND 30-32F THIS MORNING AND  
SIGNIFY THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON. HIGHS WILL REACH INTO THE  
MID TO UPPER 50S FOR THE SAME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE FREEZE  
WARNING WITH 60S AND ABOVE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF I-20. THE REST OF THE  
SHORT TERM FORECAST IS COOL AND QUIET. MORNING LOWS ON THURSDAY MOVE  
UP A FEW DEGREES FROM THIS MORNING. HIGHS FOLLOW SUIT AS WINDS SHIFT  
SOUTHERLY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED.  
 
-STICKNEY  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 249 AM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING HOLDING  
TEMPERATURES STEADY AND NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  
AFTERWARD, MODELS SHOW A ZONAL (WESTERLY) UPPER FLOW PATTERN THAT  
SENDS TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE  
FORECAST PERIOD. THIS WEEKEND WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL  
AND DRY WHICH SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. ANOTHER  
WEAK COLD FRONT IS POSSIBLE NEXT TUESDAY THAT COULD BRING  
TEMPS BACK DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL.  
 
HENNIG  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1112 PM CST TUE NOV 19 2024  
 
VFR PREVAILS AT ALL TERMINALS. LIGHT, NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE  
THROUGH TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST  
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
BIG SPRING 59 36 68 36 / 0 0 0 0  
CARLSBAD 57 33 67 35 / 0 0 0 0  
DRYDEN 64 41 73 43 / 0 0 0 0  
FORT STOCKTON 62 39 71 41 / 0 0 0 0  
GUADALUPE PASS 54 41 63 41 / 0 0 0 0  
HOBBS 56 35 69 35 / 0 0 0 0  
MARFA 63 36 70 38 / 0 0 0 0  
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 59 38 69 37 / 0 0 0 0  
ODESSA 59 39 68 38 / 0 0 0 0  
WINK 59 36 69 36 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
TX...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR ANDREWS-DAWSON-  
GAINES.  
 
NM...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL LEA  
COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.  
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...93  
LONG TERM....10  
AVIATION...93  
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