000 AWUS84 KLUB 081005 RWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 515 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 EARLY THIS MORNING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND EASTERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. OTHERWISE SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE PANHANDLES AND CLOUDY FROM THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE REST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN WITH PATCHES OF LOW CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR FROM THE TRANS PECOS TO FAR WEST TEXAS. TEMPERATURES AT 5 AM RANGED FROM 41 DEGREES AT DALHART TO 65 DEGREES AT DRYDEN. WINDS WERE GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST SUMMARY... PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS THIS...THEN LINGERING OVER THE PANHANDLES AND ROLLING PLAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TONIGHT FROM THE EASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH THE BIG COUNTRY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. HIGHS TODAY AND MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID AND UPPER 70S NORTH TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF THE BIG BEND. IT WILL BE WARMER TUESDAY...WITH 80S NORTH AND MOUNTAINS TO WIDESPREAD 90S SOUTH. LOWS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL VARY FROM THE MID 40S ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLES TO THE MID 60S SOUTH. $$