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FXUS64 KMAF 191124
AFDMAF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
524 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 501 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024
- A COLD START DURING THURSDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR MOST.
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, SUNNY SKIES, AND CONTINUED DRY
WEATHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 209 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024
THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK WILL BE QUIET. LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE
LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOW FOR EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING.
MOST LOCATIONS SEE MORNING TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S WITH AREAS
OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA.
SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON,
AIDING IN REBOUNDING TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S.
A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS TROUGH ACTS TO PUSH A WEAK COLD
FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. DESPITE THE FRONT, FRIDAY
MORNING TEMPERATURES START NEAR TO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THEY DID
THIS MORNING. LIGHT NORTH WINDS AND SUNNY SKIES DURING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WILL PUSH IN COOLER WEATHER. WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS
NEARLY NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S.
-CHEHAK
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 209 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024
THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEK
REMAINS QUIET. THE MAIN UPPER-LEVEL JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
CONFINED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE UNTIES STATES, THUS KEEPING
ANY WEATHER SYSTEMS FAR REMOVED FROM THE REGION. WITH THIS GENERAL
PATTERN IN PLACE, EACH DAY REMAINS LARGELY THE SAME. LIGHT WINDS AND
SUNNY SKIES KEEP THE AREA WARM WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WELL
INTO THE 60S AND 70S EACH AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL AS WELL. NO WIDESPREAD FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE TO BE EXPECTED AS MOST SEE MORNING TEMPERATURES IN
THE UPPER 30S AND 40S EACH MORNING. NO RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST. A
WARM, DRY, AND PLEASANT HOLIDAY WEEK IS IN STORE FOR THE AREA AND
MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES.
-CHEHAK
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 501 AM CST THU DEC 19 2024
VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS ARE GENERALLY
LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY BECOMING
SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE
SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND
SHIFT IS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BIG SPRING 68 35 60 38 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD 68 34 58 33 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN 70 43 66 42 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON 72 36 62 41 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS 61 37 55 40 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS 68 32 58 34 / 0 0 0 0
MARFA 69 37 63 36 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 68 35 61 39 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA 68 36 61 40 / 0 0 0 0
WINK 70 35 61 36 / 0 0 0 0
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...91
LONG TERM....91
AVIATION...91
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