180 FXUS64 KMAF 092042 AFDMAF AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 342 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE LOWER TRANS PECOS, BIG BEND, AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS/MARFA PLATEAU REGIONS AS SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND LIFT ARE IN PLACE. POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AS WELL AS PERHAPS SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THEREAFTER, NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. THE OVERALL PATTERN OVER THE CONUS WILL UNDERGO SOME AMPLIFICATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS UPPER HEIGHTS INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SUCH CONDITIONS THIS TIME OF YEAR USUALLY MEAN THAT THE SUMMER MONSOON IS KEPT TO THE WEST WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES RUN ABOUT 3 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. THERE'S AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT A FEW AREAS DOWN IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND AREAS COULD SEE ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE RAIN CHANCES ARE JUST ABOUT NIL THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A SLIGHT WEAKNESS DEVELOPS ALOFT EARLY NEXT WEEK AND ASSOCIATED LOWER THICKNESSES MAY RESULT IN AN EVER SO SLIGHT DECREASE IN DAYTIME HIGHS. SHOULD SEE ABOUT A 25 TO 30 DEGREE DIURNAL SWING EACH NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 70 99 71 100 / 0 0 0 0 BIG SPRING TX 71 100 70 103 / 0 0 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 67 101 66 101 / 10 0 0 0 DRYDEN TX 75 100 77 106 / 10 0 0 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 73 101 74 101 / 10 0 0 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 93 71 95 / 10 10 10 0 HOBBS NM 66 98 66 100 / 0 0 0 0 MARFA TX 59 91 60 93 / 10 10 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 71 101 71 102 / 10 0 0 0 ODESSA TX 73 100 74 100 / 10 0 0 0 WINK TX 73 103 74 103 / 10 0 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && $$ 12/70