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FPUS64 KMAF 201824
AFDMAF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
122 PM CDT SUN APR 20 1997
 
WV IMAGERY SHOWING MID/HIGH LEVEL SUBSIDENCE DOMINATING THE FA.
VISIBLE LOOP SHOWING CUMULUS FIELD AND A FEW SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN
DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUTAINS BUT HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME STAYING
TOGETHER.  ALSO NOTED WERE SOME SHOWERS OVER TERRELL COUNTY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH TAIL END OF A TROUGH EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL OK.
LI/S BETWEEN -6 AND -8 OVER TERRELL COUNTY ATTM.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH 36 HOURS WITH
DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING TO KEEP FA DRY...OUTSIDE
ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.  A FEW WEAK SHRTWV/S WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW BUT WITH LITTLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO WORK WITH
EXPECTING ONLY A FEW THIN CIRRUS OVER THE AREA.  H85 THERMAL RIDGE
WILL CONTINUE BRINGING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION AS
WELL.

WILL STICK CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE AND MOS GUIDANCE AS THEY HAVE BEEN
DOING VERY WELL WITH CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN.

MAF  54/93
CNM  58/93
MRF  43/83
P07  54/92
ALL POPS ZERO

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