000 FXUS64 KMAF 252022 AFDMAF AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 215 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 WEAK RIDGING ALOFT DEVELOPS ACROSS AREA FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... RESULTING IN A DRY WARMING TREND INTO LATTER HALF OF THIS WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW CHANGES IN HANDLING OF APPROACHING SOUTHERN BRANCH CUT OFF LOW VICINITY SAN DIEGO THURSDAY MORNING. MRF/NOGAPS/ CANADIAN MODELS DIGS CUTOFF LOW FURTHER SOUTH AND SLOWER ACROSS CHIHUAHUA MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS THAN MORE PROGRESSIVE ECMWF. WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF THUNDERSTORM POPS FOR THIS WEEKEND...STILL DEPENDANT ON THE TIMING OF UPSLOPE FLOW IN ADVANCE OF THE SOUTHERN STREAM CUTOFF AND NORTHERN STREAM COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS. FIRST GUESS TEMPS AND POPS FOLLOW... MAF 31/62/38/73 0000 LSA 30/60/38/72 0000 6R6 39/65/43/75 0000 MRF 31/68/32/74 0000 CNM 31/65/37/76 0000 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. R.FAGEN