Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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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.

&&

$$

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