000 AWUS44 KLUB 200254 SWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 915 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2002 SKIES WERE CLEAR ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON TO PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES AND SOUTH PLAINS RAPIDLY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES AT 800 PM CST WERE MAINLY IN THE 40S AND 50S EXCEPT FOR A FEW 30S IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLES. EXTREMES VARIED FROM 36 DEGREES AT DALHART TO 60 AT DRYDEN. WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. WEST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 30S EXCEPT FOR SOME 20S IN THE PANHANDLES AND MOUNTAINS WITH LOWER 40S FAR SOUTH. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY MAINLY IN THE 60S EXCEPT LOWER TO MID 70S FAR SOUTH AND 50S IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SLIGHTLY COOLER ON THURSDAY WITH HIGHS FROM THE 50S NORTH AND MOUNTAINS WITH 60S MOST ELSEWHERE EXCEPT 70S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.