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FXUS64 KFWD 251758
AFDFWD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1258 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL USHER IN COOLER, MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES LATE
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
- ANOTHER WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 1258 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
UPPER RIDGING SETTLED OVER WEST TEXAS WILL KEEP RATHER BENIGN AND
WARM CONDITIONS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY.
EXPECT WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S BOTH
TODAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW BIG COUNTRY LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY
281 MAY APPROACH 95 DEGREES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF
LOW STRATUS IS LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 THURSDAY MORNING
BEFORE CLEARING OUT BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. A STRENGTHENING SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT IN RESPONSE TO A SURFACE LOW SHIFTING INTO
WESTERN KANSAS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW GUSTING UP TO
25-30 MPH AT TIMES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY MATERIALIZE ALONG AND WEST OF
HIGHWAY 281 THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE MINIMUM RH IS EXPECTED TO
FALL BELOW 30%.
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 1258 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, A COMPACT SHORTWAVE WILL ROUND ABOUT
THE NORTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE LEADING TO A
WEAKNESS IN THE HEIGHTS ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO
ENTER NORTH TEXAS BY MID-MORNING FRIDAY REACHING CENTRAL TEXAS BY
MID-AFTERNOON FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES
WILL USHER IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING
INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S NORTH OF I-20 BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
STRONG NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO POCKETS OF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN THE DRY FUELS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, HOWEVER COOLER
TEMPERATURES, CLOUD COVER, AND HIGHER HUMIDITY SHOULD HELP TO
ALLEVIATE THE OVERALL THREAT. EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 40S
TO LOW 50S BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW, ISOLATED SHOWERS
MAY DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH
OF I-20 BENEATH THE POST-FRONTAL CLOUD DECK. COOL, SLIGHTLY
BELOW-AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY WITH AFTERNOON
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S.
THIS PERIOD OF MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS
HEIGHTS BUILD ALOFT AND TEMPERATURES QUICKLY REBOUND INTO THE LOW
TO MID 80S BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMING
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS
APPROACHING 90 DEGREES BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. EXTENDED GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT A PATTERN MORE FAVORABLE FOR RAIN CHANCES
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF
APRIL.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1258 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2026
MVFR CIGS HAVE LIFTED AND SCATTERED TO VFR STATUS AS OF 18Z THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT VFR TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY
AND MUCH OF TONIGHT WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 10-15 KTS. ANOTHER ROUND
OF MVFR CIGS IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY THURSDAY MORNING. MVFR WILL
APPROACH KACT AROUND 10Z AND THE D10 TERMINALS AROUND 13Z. VFR
WILL RETURN BY ~16Z WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS RAMPING UP TO 23-27
KTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
ISSUED AT 1225 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
DALLAS-FT. WORTH 64 88 63 80 / 0 0 0 0
WACO 63 87 62 86 / 0 0 0 0
PARIS 63 86 61 78 / 0 0 0 0
DENTON 61 87 59 77 / 0 0 0 0
MCKINNEY 63 87 61 78 / 0 0 0 0
DALLAS 65 88 64 83 / 0 0 0 0
TERRELL 62 87 60 81 / 0 0 0 0
CORSICANA 64 89 63 85 / 0 0 0 0
TEMPLE 62 88 61 86 / 0 0 0 0
MINERAL WELLS 60 90 59 79 / 0 0 0 10
FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...LANGFELD
LONG TERM....LANGFELD
AVIATION...LANGFELD
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