Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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677 FXUS64 KAMA 050536 AFDAMA Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1236 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM ... (This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 221 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024 A couple stray storms can`t be ruled out this afternoon as a front reaching the KS-OK border as of 18z continues pushing south. Ahead of the boundary is a drying air mass characterized by falling dew pts and rising temps, while higher moisture content and cooler temps exist behind it. This front may provide enough forcing and theta-e advection with it to overcome capping and dry air, to perhaps pop off some convection. There have already been signs of this taking place up in SW Kansas, where some weak convection has pulsed up and down this morning. This activity has failed to maintain itself for any extended period of time despite the better moisture, which may be a sign of things to come for the area in the coming hours. If any elevated convection can tap into observed MLCAPE values of 2000-3000 J/kg and very steep low to mid level lapse rates of 8-10 deg C, they could be strong to marginally severe with gusty winds and hail the main threats. Overall, there`s only about a 10-15% chance from 4-8 PM across the eastern and southern Panhandles, generally east of a hypothetical Guymon to Amarillo line. Tomorrow will be warm once again as upper level ridging spreads towards the Plains region, centered over the southwest CONUS. Any moisture left over should be scoured away, resulting in no precipitation to speak of. High temperatures will climb to the 90s again, and overnight lows will be in the 60s. Harrel && .LONG TERM ... (Thursday through next Monday) Issued at 221 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024 The pattern for Thursday through the weekend into early next week has a high chance of being dominated by a high pressure system centered over the desert SW. The orientation of the high will be impacted by its interact with a low pressure system centered across the Great lakes during this same time. The interaction between these system has a high chance of leaving the panhandles under the influence of the high pressure but on its NE side setting up a NW flow. This pattern is similar to the one that occurred last week to early this week which lead to rain showers and thunderstorms. This pattern looks to do the same as it will allow moisture to stream back across the southern plains and allow short wave troughs round the ridge and move across the southern plains. This will allow for rounds of rain showers and thunderstorms each day across the panhandles even if the chances of any one spot seeing these being moderate to low. The overall dynamics during this NW flow event is supportive for the formation of a few strong to severe thunderstorms each day. The chances for these strong storms will vary each day based on the moisture, instability, and dynamics. What further improves confidence that these strong storms should occur is that this event is similar to a very recent event that produced severe weather in the panhandles. Now there is some overarching uncertainty with regard to the exact orientation of the ridge and the NW flow. There is a chance that the high pressure comes in stronger which will push more of the active weather into OK proper leaving lesser activity for the panhandles. Conversely if it is slightly weaker or remains as forecasted then the panhandles will be more likely to see the active weather. Temperatures for Thursday through Saturday will have a high chance of being hot with highs in the 90s to 100s. These temperatures are then likely to cool down Sunday as a cold front passes across the region with the cooler conditions lasting to mid week. The passage of the front should only impact the temperatures with the chance for rain shower and thunderstorms remaining across the panhandles. This passage of the cold front could be a sign that even more active weather could arrive in the panhandles for next work week as the short waves trough becomes more robust. However the uncertainty of the pattern does not lend much confidence to that prediction beyond active weather has higher odds than not of continuing. SH && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1223 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024 TAFs are VFR for the first time in a while for the 06Z period. However, there is a potential caveat. A boundary from the east is being pushed into the eastern Panhandles tonight and low clouds and fog are expected to return. At this time, impacts are not anticipated to affect the terminals this morning. The worst of the low level activity should remain further east. Still, some western development cannot be completely ruled out, especially if cloud coverage increases. So amendments may become necessary down the line. Otherwise, the rest of the day should be met with light surface winds and mostly clear skies. Rangel && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Amarillo TX 93 66 97 66 / 0 0 10 20 Beaver OK 95 66 92 63 / 0 0 10 20 Boise City OK 94 62 90 61 / 0 0 10 20 Borger TX 97 69 100 67 / 0 0 10 20 Boys Ranch TX 96 67 100 67 / 0 0 10 30 Canyon TX 93 64 97 64 / 0 0 10 30 Clarendon TX 91 65 96 65 / 0 0 10 20 Dalhart TX 94 63 95 62 / 0 0 10 20 Guymon OK 94 63 92 62 / 0 0 20 20 Hereford TX 95 65 99 66 / 0 0 10 20 Lipscomb TX 94 68 94 65 / 0 0 10 20 Pampa TX 93 67 96 65 / 0 0 10 20 Shamrock TX 92 66 96 65 / 0 0 10 20 Wellington TX 94 66 98 66 / 0 0 10 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. OK...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...38 LONG TERM....98 AVIATION...55