134 FXUS64 KMAF 131935 AFDMAF AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013 .DISCUSSION... PLEASANT AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S AREAWIDE. AN UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY AND MAY RESULT IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND DAVIS MOUNTAIN REGIONS EARLY THIS EVENING. REGARDLESS...DO NOT THINK CHANCES ARE PROMISING. TUESDAY...THE UPPER LOW WILL EJECT TO THE NORTHWEST BRINGING RAIN CHANCES TO MUCH OF THE REGION. GREATEST CHANCES WILL GENERALLY BE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN AND BIG BEND REGIONS HOWEVER SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP AS FAR NORTH AS INTERSTATE 20 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN CHANCES WILL SHIFT EASTWARD IN THE EVENING AND COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS BEGIN TO WARM CONSIDERABLY BEGINNING MID WEEK AS WEAK UPPER RIDGING SETS UP ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON WEDNESDAY INCREASING TO THE UPPER 90S AND NEAR 100 FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS BY FRIDAY. AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO SWING EAST THROUGH THE ROCKIES OVER THE WEEKEND HOWEVER IT WILL BE TOO FAR NORTH TO BRING ANY DROUGHT RELIEF TO THE REGION. THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 58 88 63 94 / 0 10 10 0 BIG SPRING TX 58 86 64 94 / 0 20 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 56 89 60 96 / 0 10 10 0 DRYDEN TX 63 86 66 96 / 0 20 20 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 60 89 63 95 / 0 20 20 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 55 80 60 85 / 0 20 10 0 HOBBS NM 54 87 59 93 / 0 10 10 0 MARFA TX 48 79 49 86 / 10 20 20 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 60 87 64 95 / 0 20 20 10 ODESSA TX 62 87 65 95 / 0 20 20 0 WINK TX 59 90 64 97 / 0 20 10 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && $$ 70/27