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FXUS64 KAMA 170953
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
330 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.DISCUSSION...
NOT MANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE GOING FORECAST.  PATCHY
MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
PANHANDLES EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS MORNING.  DRYLINE ALONG
WESTERN PERIPHERY OF FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME IS EXPECTED TO MIX
EASTWARD TODAY...BUT ONLY ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES.
THUS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY EXPECTED TO EXCEED 95 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS...WHILE REMAINING IN LOWER 90S
TO UPPER 80S IN THE EAST.  MORE LOW CLOUDS TONIGHT AS DRYLINE
RETREATS.

DRYLINE EXPECTED TO MOVE FARTHER EAST ON SATURDAY...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN SECTIONS DURING AFTERNOON.  HAVE
TRIMMED SATURDAY EVENING POPS TO INCLUDE ONLY FAR EASTERN SECTIONS
DUE TO EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF DRYLINE.

WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS INTO NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WESTERLY LOW- TO MID-LEVEL
FLOW EXPECTED TO CAUSE RAPID FRONTOLOSYS.  MODEST COOLING ON MONDAY
WILL BE MOST NOTABLE ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS.
WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION EXPECTED TO MAKE TUESDAY THE COOLEST DAY OF
THE FORECAST.   MOISTURE RETURN COMMENCES ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.  03

COCKRELL

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
BRIEF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY
ACROSS THE WESTERN ONE THIRD OF THE PANHANDLES. ELEVATED TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST SECTIONS OF THE
PANHANDLES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
SATURDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES. ELEVATED TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN
HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON MONDAY.  03

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                97  65  97  54  90 /   0   0   0   0   0
BEAVER OK                  89  66  98  56  90 /  10   5  20  10  10
BOISE CITY OK              96  58  92  52  84 /   0   0   0   0   0
BORGER TX                  95  68  97  63  90 /   5   0   5   0   0
BOYS RANCH TX              99  62  95  55  88 /   0   0   0   0   0
CANYON TX                  98  63  96  52  91 /   0   0   0   0   0
CLARENDON TX               93  68  99  62  94 /   5   0  20   5   0
DALHART TX                 98  58  92  50  86 /   0   0   0   0   0
GUYMON OK                  93  63  98  54  88 /   0   0   0   0   5
HEREFORD TX               100  62  94  53  89 /   0   0   0   0   0
LIPSCOMB TX                89  67  98  57  92 /  10   5  20  20  10
PAMPA TX                   92  66  97  58  91 /   5   0  20   5   0
SHAMROCK TX                89  68 100  60  95 /  10   5  20  20   5
WELLINGTON TX              89  69 101  62  96 /  10   5  20  20   5

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
     DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...
     HUTCHINSON...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...
     RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN.

OK...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.


&&

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14/03
National Weather Service National Headquarters
