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595 FXUS64 KLUB 071113 AFDLUB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 613 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 612 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 - Showers and thunderstorms will persist along with cooler temperatures through Wednesday. - Drier and warmer conditions are expected late week with an increase in fire weather concerns over the weekend. && .SHORT TERM... (Today and Tonight) Issued at 1218 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 An upper level trough extended from Hudson Bay into the northern Rockies and this has helped drive a cold front into the Texas Panhandle early on Monday. As expected, this frontal boundary ceased southward movement and retreated during the afternoon hours before beginning its southward motion during the evening. Out west, we have a low off the California coast and a trough approaching British Columbia. The trough should drag eastward across the northern part of the country with flow across west Texas transitioning from initially southwesterly flow aloft to a near- zonal regime. By sunrise Tuesday morning, the front should be situated just south of the CWFA. Scattered shower activity could persist into the morning hours perhaps making it as far east as the western Rolling Plains. We could see some lower clouds around sunrise on Tuesday before mixing sets in by late morning. By mid-day, mild elevated instability could pave the way for some modest thunderstorm activity. Copious moisture around H7 will likely keep the clouds sufficiently numerous to keep high temperatures in the 60s NW, 70s central and 80s in the SE. Tuesday evening will see another shot at storms moving out of eastern NM. Once again, rainfall totals should be quite meager and most areas are expected to remain dry with the best chance of rain across the western half of the area. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through Monday) Issued at 1218 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 By late Wednesday, we`ll have a low just making its way across Puget Sound with high pressure firmly in control of the south central CONUS. The PacNW low will dig southward along the coast and phase with the remains of TC Priscilla as the system converts to a high amplitude trough before reforming across the northern Canadian Prairies bringing southwesterly flow aloft to the region this coming weekend. Once again on Wednesday morning, some low clouds could grace the area though the bulk of the cloudiness will be up around the H7 level. A few showers remain possible into Wednesday, mainly west, with partly to mostly cloudy skies indicated though once we get into Thursday, we`ll see the drying and warming trend start in earnest. At this point, the moisture associated with the decaying tropical cyclone looks to track well NW of the area into the northern to central plains by the weekend as well. What could be an issue, will be prospects for increased fire weather concerns as winds start to pick up Saturday and Sunday somewhat akin to last weekend. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 612 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 Low clouds are filtering in behind a weak cold front and should affect both KCDS and KPVW for periods this morning while whether they reach to KLBB is a bigger unknown. Otherwise, relatively light north to northeast winds and VFR conditions can be expected through the TAF period with isolated to scattered TS likely remaining to the north and/or west of the terminals. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM....26 AVIATION...07