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FXUS64 KMAF 190451
AFDMAF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1051 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1046 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
- COLD START TO THURSDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
20S TO LOW 30S FOR MOST.
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED DRY WEATHER ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 127 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
AFTER A BREEZY DAY, WINDS BECOME MUCH LIGHTER THIS EVENING AND FOR
LATER TONIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND
INTO NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS SHIFTING WINDS AROUND TO THE EAST-
NORTHEAST. CLEAR SKIES, DRY AIR, AND LIGHT WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP EFFICIENTLY. TEMPERATURES FOR MOST END UP
NEAR FREEZING WITH A FEW SPOTS IN THE UPPER 20S. MID TO UPPER 30S
REMAIN FOR AREAS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. THE CHILL IN THE AIR IS
SHORT-LIVED AND TEMPERATURES REBOUND BACK ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S TO LOW 70S. LOWS MOVE UP A FEW TO
SEVERAL DEGREES THURSDAY NIGHT. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN
THE SHORT TERM.
-STICKNEY
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 127 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
THE LONG TERM BEGINS WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
BEHIND A COLD FRONT, WHERE HIGHS ARE TO BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW
60S. THIS IS SHORT-LIVED AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW BOUNCE
TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S FOR MOST ON
SATURDAY. EACH AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED LOOKS TO SEE HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S AS SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SUNNY SKIES
DOMINATE THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE TRANS PECOS AND PRESIDIO
VALLEY MAY SEE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S NEXT WEEK. NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST.
-GREENING
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1046 PM CST WED DEC 18 2024
VFR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. LIGHT SOUTHERLY TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
AND THEN GRADUALLY TURN WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY BY EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BIG SPRING 32 68 35 60 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD 29 67 34 57 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN 38 69 43 66 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON 36 72 38 62 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS 37 61 37 55 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS 31 68 33 58 / 0 0 0 0
MARFA 29 69 37 63 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 32 67 35 61 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA 34 67 36 60 / 0 0 0 0
WINK 30 69 35 61 / 0 0 0 0
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...93
LONG TERM....55
AVIATION...21
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