109  
FXUS64 KMAF 151724  
AFDMAF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
1224 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1219 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2025  
 
- CONTINUED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY, WITH THE BEST  
CHANCES (30-50%) IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS, BIG BEND, AND UP  
THROUGH THE NORTHEASTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  
 
- DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK, WITH AFTERNOON  
HIGHS HOLDING STEADY IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S AND LOWS IN THE  
60S FOR MOST.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON)  
ISSUED AT 1254 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2025  
 
THIS WEEK BEGINS A STRING OF DAYS THAT WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AND  
SEASONABLY WARM. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO  
CAPPING MOST CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA THOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME  
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE DAVIS AND  
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT SHOULD HELP WITH  
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. HIGHS TODAY RANGE FROM THE 80S TO THE  
LOWER 90S. TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH THE SAME TEMPERATURE WISE WITH  
THE HIGH IN MEXICO BUILDING NORTH AND ENDING RAIN CHANCES FOR OUR  
CWA.  
 
HENNIG  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1254 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2025  
 
THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE SHORT TERM.  
THE HIGH OVER MEXICO CONTINUES TO BUILD NORTH INTO THE  
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES KEEPING WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW  
MEXICO IN NORTHERLY/NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE STAGNANT PATTERN DOES  
NOT ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CHANGE MUCH NOR DOES IT ALLOW FOR MUCH  
OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RAIN CHANCES. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO  
THE SOUTH PLAINS WEDNESDAY BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE  
PERMIAN BASIN AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR AT THIS TIME IT WILL  
INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER.  
 
HENNIG  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1219 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT MOST SITES. A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED  
NEAR CNM, HOB, AND POSSIBLY PEQ LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE  
EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND  
SOUTHEAST, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING GUSTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY  
OF SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
BIG SPRING 66 89 65 90 / 0 10 0 10  
CARLSBAD 64 87 64 87 / 10 10 0 20  
DRYDEN 68 90 67 90 / 0 0 0 0  
FORT STOCKTON 65 88 65 88 / 0 0 0 10  
GUADALUPE PASS 62 78 62 79 / 10 10 10 20  
HOBBS 62 85 62 85 / 10 0 0 10  
MARFA 56 81 56 82 / 10 10 0 10  
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 67 89 66 89 / 0 0 0 0  
ODESSA 66 88 66 87 / 0 0 0 0  
WINK 65 88 65 88 / 10 0 0 10  
 
 
   
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
TX...NONE.  
NM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...10  
LONG TERM....10  
AVIATION...95  
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