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FXUS64 KMAF 032042
AFDMAF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
242 PM CST WED DEC 3 2008
.DISCUSSION...
LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHERN STREAM WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE FORECAST
CYCLE WITH SEVERAL LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. THE FIRST ONE HAS SENT A COLD FRONT
PLOWING SOUTHWARD TODAY WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SURFACE HIGH CENTER SLIDES SOUTHEASTWARD
FROM WESTERN CANADA INTO THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS BY
FRIDAY EVENING. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL
THIS WEEKEND AS THE HIGH CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND A
SURFACE LEE TROUGH FORMS IN THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. MONDAY
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AS DOWNSLOPE FLOW INCREASES AS
THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SURFACE
WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE AS WELL AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
TIGHTENS. COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY AS AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION AS
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES BY TO THE NORTH. WENT AT OR BELOW
THE LOWEST GUIDANCE MOST NIGHTS WITH DRY AIR EXPECTED WITH SCANT
CLOUDS WITH WARM MODEL BIAS. WENT WITH A DRY FORECAST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 28 49 28 47 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD NM 27 50 28 48 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN TX 35 56 33 52 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 32 56 33 52 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 31 51 34 50 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 27 47 23 46 / 0 0 0 0
MARFA TX 24 63 27 57 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 26 51 28 49 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA TX 27 49 28 49 / 0 0 0 0
WINK TX 28 51 27 48 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA.
&&
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