000 AWUS84 KLUB 031006 RWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TEXAS 505 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 EARLY THIS MORNING...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY...EXCEPT ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLES AND FROM THE BIG BEND THROUGH FAR WEST TEXAS WHERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WERE IN PLACE. ADDITIONALLY...THERE WAS SOME AREAS OF FOG NOTED ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DEL RIO. TEMPERATURES AT 5 AM GENERALLY FLUCTUATED FROM THE 40S NORTH TO 60S SOUTH. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURE EXTREMES VARIED FROM 38 DEGREES AT GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 72 DEGREES AT SWEETWATER. WINDS WERE SOUTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH AT MOST LOCATIONS...EXCEPT ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS WHERE THEY WERE WESTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH. WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST... AFTER A MOSTLY CLOUDY START FOR MANY AREAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...SKIES WILL QUICKLY BECOME CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...SOME WHICH COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...FROM PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY THROUGH THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. ELSEWHERE...IT WILL BE DRY AND WINDY...EXCEPT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WHERE MORE CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN AND BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE 80S...EXCEPT OVER THE PANHANDLES WHERE 60S AND 70S WILL BE FOUND. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE 30S NORTH AND MOUNTAINS TO 40S AND 50S SOUTH. EXPECT CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL VARY FROM THE 60S NORTH TO 70S SOUTH....WITH LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE 30S AND 40S. HIGH SATURDAY WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE 70S...EXCEPT FOR SOME 80S SOUTH AND FAR WEST. $$