000 AWUS44 KLUB 281027 SWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 515 AM CDT WED APR 28 2004 THIS MORNING...ABUNDANT HIGH CLOUDINESS WAS EVIDENT ACROSS WEST TEXAS AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUED TO STREAM ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF AN UPPER DISTURBANCE LOCATED NEAR EL PASO. TEMPERATURES AT 5 AM WERE IN THE 50S AND 60S...WITH EXTREMES OF 62 DEGREES AT FORT STOCKTON AND 48 DEGREES AT FRIONA. WINDS WERE GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WITH SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE PANHANDLES AND SOUTH PLAINS...AND 5 TO 10 MPH ELSEWHERE. WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST SUMMARY... PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED TODAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NORTH THROUGH THE EDWARDS PLATEAU TO THE ROLLING PLAINS. HIGHS TODAY WILL REACH THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND CONCHO VALLEY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S MOST AREAS AND A FEW 90S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS ON FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND EDWARDS PLATEAU. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE 40S IN THE PANHANDLES TO THE 60S SOUTH. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60S NORTH TO THE 80S SOUTH. $$