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FXUS64 KMAF 200854
AFDMAF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
354 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2019
DISCUSSION
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH AN UPPER TROUGH CENTERED
OVER ID AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD. AS THIS TROUGH SPINS EAST SHOULD
HELP TO DISPLACE THE RIDGE A LITTLE ON FRIDAY AND MORE SO ON
SATURDAY. THIS TROUGH WILL CROSS THE PLAINS SUNDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE RETURNING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
EXPECTING ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY BECAUSE OF BOTH THE UPPER RIDGE
AND A WESTERLY DOWN SLOPE WIND. MIDLAND... ST LAWRENCE... CRANE
AND MCCAMEY HIT 104 DEGREES YESTERDAY AND SHOULD BE A DEGREE OR
TWO HOTTER TODAY AS 850MB TEMPS INCREASE. HAVE ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY FOR MIDLAND... ECTOR... GLASSCOCK... CRANE... AND UPTON
COUNTIES FOR 105 DEGREES OR HOTTER. WILL ALSO ISSUE A HEAT
ADVISORY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE IN THE BIG BEND WHERE 110 WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY AT RIO GRANDE VILLAGE. MUCH OF THE TRANS PECOS AND
EDDY COUNTY MAY SEE TEMPERATURES OF 104 TO 108 DEGREES TODAY BUT
THAT WILL BE BELOW CRITERIA SO NOT INCLUDED. FRIDAY WILL STILL BE
HOT BUT A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY... AND READINGS DROP INTO
THE 90S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY. A RETURN TO CLOSER TO
NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.
THIS MORNING HAVE DRY AIR OVER THE WEST WITH DEWPTS IN THE 20S BUT
MOIST OVER THE EAST WITH DEWPTS INTO THE UPPER 60S. NOT EXPECTING
STORMS TODAY BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS FRIDAY MAINLY
ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS AS STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE DRYLINE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG
AND COULD SEE SOME LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOW CHANCES OF
STORMS NEXT WEEK.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BIG SPRING 104 74 100 72 / 0 0 20 20
CARLSBAD 104 65 102 67 / 0 0 10 0
DRYDEN 106 77 100 74 / 0 0 20 10
FORT STOCKTON 104 74 100 71 / 0 0 30 10
GUADALUPE PASS 95 68 95 65 / 0 0 10 0
HOBBS 101 65 98 67 / 0 0 10 10
MARFA 95 59 96 58 / 0 10 20 10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 106 75 101 73 / 0 0 20 20
ODESSA 105 75 101 72 / 0 0 20 10
WINK 108 69 103 71 / 0 0 20 10
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NM...NONE.
TX...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR CRANE-ECTOR-GLASSCOCK-LOWER BREWSTER COUNTY-MIDLAND-
UPTON.
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