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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.

&&

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