597  
FXUS64 KMAF 101725  
AFDMAF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
1225 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1220 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
- RAIN CHANCES AREAWIDE BECOME LOW TO MODERATE (10-50%) SATURDAY  
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-  
LEVEL SYSTEM.  
 
- WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UPCOMING  
WORK WEEK.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON)  
ISSUED AT 148 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO SIT OVERHEAD FOR TODAY AND KEEP  
BOTH HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS TODAY REACH  
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S FOR MOST WITH ONLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN  
SEEING UPPER 70S. A MAINLY CLEAR DAY IS EXPECTED WITH RAIN CHANCES  
SITTING AT LESS THAN 5% AREAWIDE. BY TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN  
INTO THE 60S, BUT THIS REMAINS ABOVE NORMAL FOR NEARLY MID OCTOBER.  
THE NORMAL LOW IS AROUND 57F. MID TO UPPER 50S WILL BE SEEN IN THE  
MOUNTAINS. SATURDAY WILL BE A MOSTLY RINSE AND REPEAT DAY WITH  
TEMPERATURES LOOKING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME AS THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE  
TODAY (FRIDAY). RAIN CHANCES BEGIN TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY BY LATE  
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHWESTERN REACHES OF EDDY COUNTY AND  
DOWN ALONG THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS.  
 
-STICKNEY  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 148 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
A TROUGH SWINGING IN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BECOMES PARKED OVER  
THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. ANOTHER TROUGH  
SHALL LIE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS, LEAVING OUR AREA LARGELY  
INFLUENCED BY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD. A  
SHORTWAVE WITHIN THE WESTERN TROUGH BEGINS TO APPROACH OUR AREA  
SATURDAY NIGHT, BRINGING LOW (10-20%) RAIN CHANCES TO PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE AND EXPAND EASTWARD  
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT, AS THE DISTURBANCE SWEEPS OVER NEW  
MEXICO BEFORE HEADING NORTHEAST. AT THE MOMENT, RAIN CHANCES  
DURING THIS TIME FRAME RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10-50% AREAWIDE.  
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AFTERNOON WARM INTO THE 80S TO LOW 90S. A COLD  
FRONT ATTEMPTS TO DROP DOWN FROM THE PANHANDLE MONDAY, BUT MODELS  
HINT AT IT ONLY DIPPING INTO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. BEHIND THE  
FRONT, HIGHS RISE INTO THE 70S (MOSTLY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO),  
WHILE 80S ARE FORECAST ELSEWHERE. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RETURNS AS  
THE DOMINANT WEATHER MAKER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK  
WEEK. CONDITIONS GENERALLY REMAIN DRY, WITH HIGHS REACHING INTO  
THE 80S TO LOW 90S AND MORNING LOWS IN THE 50S TO 60S.  
 
-LOPEZ  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1220 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH  
TOMORROW MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
BIG SPRING 88 62 88 64 / 0 0 0 0  
CARLSBAD 84 62 87 64 / 0 0 0 10  
DRYDEN 88 63 90 63 / 0 0 0 0  
FORT STOCKTON 86 62 89 65 / 0 0 0 0  
GUADALUPE PASS 75 60 79 61 / 0 0 0 20  
HOBBS 83 60 84 62 / 0 0 0 10  
MARFA 78 53 80 56 / 0 0 0 0  
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT 87 62 88 66 / 0 0 0 0  
ODESSA 85 63 87 66 / 0 0 0 0  
WINK 86 61 89 65 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
TX...NONE.  
NM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...93  
LONG TERM....95  
AVIATION...13  
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