000 
FXUS64 KMAF 070746
AFDMAF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
245 AM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002

KMAF 88D SHOWS ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS HAVE JUST ABOUT DISSIPATED OVER 
THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AT 07Z. SATELLITE IMAGERY EARLY THIS MORNING 
SHOWS ABUNDANT MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER OVER THE CWA. 06Z SURFACE 
ANALYSIS SHOWS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM MISSOURI INTO 
NORTH TEXAS. 

WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER THE AREA AS 850 MB TEMPS WILL BE 
ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED/BROKEN MID AND HIGH LEVEL 
CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA...SO PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING 
WILL WORK FINE. WILL KEEP ISOLATED POPS IN THE SOUTHWEST WITH 
SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW. ON SATURDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL MOVE 
INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING 
OVER COLORADO AND WYOMING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH OVER 
OUR AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP SLIGHT POPS GOING IN THE WEST 
ON SATURDAY AS CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE MOUNTAINS. 

IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST...HOT CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK 
WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING/LEE TROUGHING. ECMWF SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY 
APPROACHING NORTHERN AREAS WEDNESDAY...AND PUSHES IT INTO CENTRAL 
AREAS THURSDAY. NEW MRF RUN SHOWS A SIMILAR SCENARIO WITH FRONT 
MOVING DOWN INTO NORTHERN AREAS BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOOKS 
LIKE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WOULD BE NORTH OF 
OUR CWA AT THIS POINT.

MAF   90/67/92/67  1111
LSA   91/64/93/64  0000
6R6   88/69/92/70  2222
MRF   85/59/88/60  2222
CNM   94/66/97/68  0012

.MAF...
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.

21