102  
FXUS64 KAMA 221132  
AFDAMA  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX  
632 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
   
..NEW UPDATE, AVIATION  
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 628 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
THE LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES HAVE ALLOWED VERY GOOD RADIATIONAL  
COOLING TO OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED  
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S FOR SOME LOCATIONS AT THE TIME OF THIS  
WRITING. THESE LOWS ARE BELOW THE PREVIOUS FORECAST SO HAVE  
ADJUSTED THE ONGOING FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE COOLER  
TEMPERATURES. CURRENT EXPECTATION IS THAT THE COOLER TEMPERATURES  
WILL NOT IMPACT THE HIGHS FOR THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WILL KEEP AN  
EYE ON THAT POTENTIAL THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.  
 
MUSCHA  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
ISSUED AT 1207 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE  
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY  
 
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING COOLER  
TEMPERATURES AND MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK.  
 
FLOODING CONCERNS ARE STILL PRESENT FOR NEXT WEEK. THE AREAS WITH  
THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FLOOD RISK ARE IN THE NORTHEAST COMBINED  
PANHANDLE  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1207 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
NO MAJOR CHANGES IN DAY 1 OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. PREVAILING  
SUBSIDENCE AND HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL PROMOTE SEASONABLY HOT  
TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. BY SATURDAY, A SURFACE HIGH IS  
FORECAST TO TRANSITION INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND A SHORTWAVE  
TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OFF OF THIS FEATURE. 00Z CAMS SUGGEST THAT A FEW  
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES  
IN, BUT THE LIMITED INSTABILITY MAY HINDER THUNDERSTORM  
SUSTAINABILITY. 1-3 KM THETA-E VALUES SHOW FAVORED MOISTURE CONTENT  
THE NORTHERN ZONES OF OUR CWA; THUS, POPS HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED TO  
THOSE AREAS.  
 
RANGEL  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1207 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IN THE EXTENDED, THE AFOREMENTIONED  
PATTERN CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE MOST OF THIS PERIOD. ONCE  
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE IS SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH, LONG RANGE  
MODELS ARE NOT KEEN ON REINTRODUCING THE HIGH BACK OVER THE  
CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. THIS WILL AID IN KEEPING HIGH TEMPERATURES  
BELOW NORMAL AND PUT US BACK INTO A PATTERN OF DAILY PRECIPITATION  
CHANCES FOR AREAS ACROSS THE REGION.  
 
CONCERNING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK, MODEL BLENDS AND THE  
GLOBAL MODELS ARE HONING IN ON A TIGHTER HIGH TEMPERATURE SPREAD  
ACROSS THE CWA. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD STILL BE THE COOLEST  
DAYS OF THE COMING WEEK, WITH HIGHS IN THE 70'S AND 80'S. A FEW  
LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST HAVE THE BEST CHANCES TO STAY BELOW 70  
DEGREES DURING THIS PERIOD, BUT NOT ALL LONG RANGE MODELS ARE  
CONFIDENT ON THIS OUTCOME SINCE IT WILL BE PRECIPITATION (AND SKY  
COVERAGE) DEPENDENT. THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL HAVE TEMPERATURES  
RANGE IN THE 80'S AND A SECOND POTENTIAL COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY WILL  
MAKE HIGH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO RETURN TO THE 90'S ANY TIME  
SOON.  
 
THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK WILL FAVOR THE NORTHERN TEXAS  
PANHANDLE AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. MOST GUIDANCE AGREES THAT THE  
HIGHEST QPF WILL SET UP OVER THOSE AREAS, BUT THERE IS STILL SOME  
DISAGREEMENT ON HOW FAR SOUTH +1" RAIN TOTALS WILL BE. AS PREVIOUSLY  
DISCUSSES, A MOSTLY STRATIFORM RAIN REGIME, WITH SOME EMBEDDED  
THUNDER, WILL OVERTAKE THE COMBINED PANHANDLES STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT  
INTO MONDAY. FLOODING POTENTIAL INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS  
GUIDANCE SHOWS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES RECEIVING THE HIGHEST RAIN  
TOTALS DUE TO REPEATED ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION WITHIN A THREE DAY  
TIME FRAME. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE WHOLE CWA MAY SEE MAX QPF  
INCREASE THROUGH THE WHOLE WEEK SINCE POPS CARRY ON EVEN BEYOND THE  
CURRENT EXTENDED PERIOD. CONTINUOUS WAVES OF RAIN WITH SMALL WINDOWS  
OF RECOVERY MAY EVENTUALLY HEIGHTEN FLOODING CONCERNS FOR THE WHOLE  
AREA.  
 
RANGEL  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 628 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2025  
 
PRISTINE FLYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS  
WITH VFR CONDITIONS FORECAST AT THE TERMINALS. LIGHT WINDS AROUND  
10 KTS OR LESS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS TAF CYCLE.  
 
MUSCHA  
 
 
   
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
TX...NONE.  
OK...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...55  
LONG TERM....55  
AVIATION...05  
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