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FXUS64 KMAF 102338
AFDMAF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
638 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 637 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
- TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE A TOUCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON COMPARED TO
THURSDAY. HIGHS WILL AVERAGE A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
- A WET AND COOLER WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE BEGINNING THIS
WEEKEND LASTING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 110 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
WV IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER BAJA
DEL NORTE, AND EXTENDING ENE THROUGH THE PANHANDLES. TO THE NORTH,
A SHORTWAVE IS MOVING THROUGH THE ROCKIES, CONVECTION IS ONGOING IN
COLORADO DUE TO THIS FEATURE, W/CAMS DEVELOPING A LINE DOWN INTO
SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO BY 00Z THIS EVENING, SOME OF WHICH MAY GET INTO
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE, A 40+KT LLJ IS SET TO
RECUR OVERNIGHT, KEEPING MIXING IN PLAY AND NEGATING RADIATIONAL
COOLING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS 4-5 F ABOVE
NORMAL.
FRIDAY, THE SHORTWAVE DIGS ESE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS, INCREASING
CHANCES OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PWATS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE GUTTER....UP TO 2 STD DEVS BELOW
NORMAL...AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL
BE PRESENT. FRIDAY WILL BE BY FAR THE WARMEST DAY THIS FORECAST,
BUT HIGHS WILL ONLY BE ~ 2-4 F ABOVE NORMAL, A TESTAMENT TO WHAT
THEY OTHERWISE WOULD BE IF THE SHORTWAVE WAS ABSENT AND THE RIDGE
MORE PRONOUNCED.
FRIDAY NIGHT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER UNCOMFORTABLY WARM NIGHT, AS A
SIMILAR LLJ TO TONIGHT DEVELOPS. HOWEVER, LOWS MAY BE A DEGREE OR
SO WARMER DUE TO MORE CLOUD COVER. CONVECTION MAY PERSIST
NORTHEAST DUE TO THE SHORTWAVE.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 110 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO SET UP OVER THE EASTERN AND
WESTERN US THIS WEEKEND, WITH A TROUGH WEDGED IN BETWEEN OVER THE
GREAT PLAINS. LOWER HEIGHTS DUE TO TROUGHING LOOKS TO BRING
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES THROUGH MUCH OF THE
LONG TERM PERIOD. BEGINNING SATURDAY, HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO TOP
OUT IN THE 80S AND 90S. LOCATIONS NEAR AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
ARE STILL EXPECTED TO REACH BEYOND THE CENTURY MARK SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, TRIPLE DIGIT HIGHS WILL BE ALMOST NON-EXISTANT
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THE GOOD NEWS
KEEPS COMING IN THE FORM OF AREAWIDE RAIN CHANCES AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GULF STEERS AMPLE MOISTURE IN OUR DIRECTION.
THIS WILL WORK IN TANDEM WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DISTURBANCES
ROLLING THROUGH TO PROVIDE ALMOST DAILY RAIN CHANCES. THE BEST
SHOT AT RAIN LOOKS TO BE IN THE PERMIAN BASIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING, AS A DISTURBANCE SWINGS IN OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
DEPENDING ON RAINFALL TOTALS AND RATES, FLASH FLOODING COULD
BECOME THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WITHIN THE COMING DAYS.
NEVERTHELESS, WITH ANY LUCK, WE MAY CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AT OUR
DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 637 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2025
VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS REMAIN
SOUTHEASTERLY WITH GUSTS DECREASING OVERNIGHT AND RETURNING
FRIDAY MORNING.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
BIG SPRING 72 94 73 91 / 0 0 0 20
CARLSBAD 71 99 71 91 / 10 10 10 30
DRYDEN 72 97 74 95 / 0 0 0 10
FORT STOCKTON 72 100 73 96 / 0 10 10 20
GUADALUPE PASS 70 93 68 85 / 10 10 10 30
HOBBS 69 94 69 89 / 10 10 10 30
MARFA 64 93 65 89 / 0 30 30 50
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 72 95 73 91 / 0 0 10 20
ODESSA 71 94 73 90 / 0 0 10 20
WINK 72 99 73 93 / 0 10 10 20
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.
SHORT TERM...44
LONG TERM....95
AVIATION...93
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