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FXUS64 KMAF 281724
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1124 AM CST WED JAN 28 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1122 AM CST WED JAN 28 2026
- TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM UP THROUGH THURSDAY. COLD WIND
CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
- SLICK SPOTS ON THE ROADS MAY BE SEEN AGAIN THIS MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BACK BELOW FREEZING.
- ANOTHER POTENTIAL SHOT OF COLD AIR IS IN STORE LATE WORK WEEK
INTO THE WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 146 AM CST WED JAN 28 2026
A MUCH WARMER DAY IS ON TAP FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AS HIGHS LOOK TO REACH INTO THE 40S AND 50S FOR MOST WITH 60S ACROSS
BIG BEND. "WARMER" TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEEN FOR TONIGHT'S LOWS AS
MOST LOCATIONS ONLY DROP INTO THE 20S AND 30S. A DISTURBANCE MOVING
OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS MOVES NEAR THE REGION ON
THURSDAY AND WILL SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH DURING THE DAY.
PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED WITH OR AFTER THE FRONT, BUT THIS
FRONT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL INTO THE LONG TERM
FORECAST PERIOD.
-STICKNEY
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 146 AM CST WED JAN 28 2026
AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY, OVERNIGHT LOWS MOVE
BACK A FEW DEGREES FOR MOST WITH MOST IN THE LOW TO MID 20S AND BIG
BEND REMAINING THE WARM SPOT IN THE 30S. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
OVERHEAD ON FRIDAY AND THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT
WINDS THAT NIGHT BRING ANOTHER VERY COLD NIGHT AS TEENS AND 20S
EXTEND NEARLY AREAWIDE. ONCE AGAIN, AREAS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
REMAIN THE WARMEST AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. UNLIKE THE MOST RECENT
SHOT OF COLD AIR, NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME OR
EVEN INTO THIS COMING WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. DRY, NORTHWEST
FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS AND A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY NEAR SURFACE
WINDS SPELL A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
-STICKNEY
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1122 AM CST WED JAN 28 2026
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT ALL TERMINALS THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LIGHT
WINDS OF 10KTS OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THIS TAF
PERIOD.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BIG SPRING 27 56 24 53 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD 25 50 25 48 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN 33 68 36 60 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON 32 58 31 56 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS 33 46 30 43 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS 27 53 24 51 / 0 0 0 0
MARFA 30 60 25 56 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 29 55 26 54 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA 30 55 27 53 / 0 0 0 0
WINK 26 55 25 52 / 0 0 0 0
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...93
LONG TERM....93
AVIATION...55
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