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FXUS64 KLUB 192247
AFDLUB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
547 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
.UPDATE...
SEVERE WATCH WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE REST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS
AND ROLLING PLAINS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHILDRESS COUNTY.
ACTIVITY MOVING IN FROM NEW MEXICO AND CURRENT ACTIVITY OVER
HOCKLEY COUNTY WILL ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY CAPPED AIR. AS A
RESULT...STORMS WILL STRUGGLE TO MOVE EAST. A STRONGER THETA-E
AXIS EXISTS FROM THE BIG COUNTRY INTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS
AND THEN NORTH TOWARDS THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. STORMS MAY
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH
PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013/
SHORT TERM...
WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DIRTY
RIDGE AXIS NEAR NEW MEXICO BORDER. PLENTY OF MOISTURE UP THROUGH
EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH SQUEEZE FROM APPROACHING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OUT OF THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS HELPING GENERATE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID EVENING
ALONG OR NEAR BOUNDARY...FAVORING OUR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. BULK OF
AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED OUT BY THE OUTFLOW WITH MUCH COOLER AND MORE
STABLE CONDITIONS. PERHAPS AREAS INTO REMAINDER OF WESTERN SOUTH
PLAINS CAN RECOVER BY LATE THIS EVENING FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDER SPREADING TOWARDS THE I-27 CORRIDOR. AIRMASS SHOULD SETTLE
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY WITH UPPER RIDGE AXIS EXPECTED TO
NUDGE SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST ALLOWING DEEP MOISTURE ON BACK SIDE OF
RIDGE TO CONTINUE UP ACROSS WESTERN ZONES. SOLIDIFIED SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDER FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST WESTERN AREAS WITH
RETURN TO WARMER TEMPERATURES AS AIRMASS SHOULD RECOVER MORE FULLY
BY AFTERNOON. RMCQUEEN
LONG TERM...
NO MEANINGFUL ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST GIVEN THE
ACTIVE WEATHER DAY TODAY. UPPER RIDGE STILL PROGGED TO AMPLIFY OVER
THE PLAINS THROUGH LATE WEEK...THOUGH THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE AXIS
SHOULD BE TO OUR EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHILE THE SOUTH PLAINS IS
POSITIONED ON THE FRINGE OF SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN WILL
SUPPORT WARM CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS EACH DAY CLIMBING WELL
INTO THE 90S. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG HEATING COMBINED WITH A SFC
TROUGH...POSSIBLE WEAK DISTURBANCES GRAZING BY AND MID-LEVEL
MOISTURE FETCH MAY BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT LOW THUNDER CHANCES ACROSS
THE WESTERN ZONES...PERHAPS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ATTM...FORECAST HAS MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS THE WEST THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. RIDGE WILL THEN LIKELY BUILD WESTWARD EARLY/MID
NEXT WEEK...KEEPING HOT TEMPERATURES IN PLACE THOUGH BRINGING ANY
LOW THUNDER CHANCES INTO QUESTION.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA 66 94 65 93 65 / 30 20 20 20 20
TULIA 66 94 67 94 66 / 20 20 20 10 10
PLAINVIEW 68 94 68 94 67 / 20 20 20 10 10
LEVELLAND 69 96 69 95 68 / 30 20 20 10 10
LUBBOCK 71 96 69 95 68 / 20 10 10 10 10
DENVER CITY 69 98 69 97 68 / 30 20 20 10 10
BROWNFIELD 69 97 68 96 68 / 30 10 10 10 10
CHILDRESS 71 98 71 98 71 / 10 10 10 0 10
SPUR 70 96 71 96 70 / 20 10 10 10 10
ASPERMONT 72 98 72 98 72 / 20 10 10 0 10
&&
.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
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