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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
530 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015

.AVIATION...
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL ONLY GO DOWN TONIGHT INTO THE IFR RANGE. THE IFR
CONDITIONS WILL ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SOME
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BEST CHANCE AT GUY
SO HAVE RETAINED THE MENTION THERE. WILL WATCH THE TRENDS AND SEE IF
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL NEED TO BE MENTIONED AT DHT AND AMA. WINDS WILL
REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE FORECAST. WINDS WILL COME AROUND TO THE
NORTHEAST AND EAST AT DHT AND GUY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 429 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015/

DISCUSSION...
THE NEXT TO LAST IN A SERIES OF STORMS SYSTEMS SLATED TO IMPACT THE
TX AND OK PNHDLS WEATHER IS A CLOSED LOW OFF THE SRN CA COAST. OUR
FCST AREA WILL BE IN SW FLOW ALOFT...WHICH SUGGESTS AN EROSION OF THE
ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION AND A RETURN TO WARMER TEMPS
THRU TUESDAY. ALSO...ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING WIL LIKELY BE A WINTRY MIX OF EITHER LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...OR LIGHT SLEET. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON
ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE PRESENT SUCH THAT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE
ALL LIQUID DURG THAT TIME. IT APPEARS THAT ONLY VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THRU MONDAY AFTERNOON. SLGT
CHC POPS WERE UTILIZED TONIGHT THRU MONDAY.

THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL BE A FAST MOVING UPPER
LEVEL TROF AND ITS ATTENDANT SFC COLD FRONT. THESE TWO FEATURES ARE
PROGGED TO IMPACT THE TX AND OK PNHDLS DURG THE TUESDAY THRU
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A SMALL THREAT OF
LIGHT SNOW ARE THE MAIN WEATHER ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FINAL
STORM SYSTEM IN THE SERIES. A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER ALONG WITH WARMER
TEMPERATURES IS ANTICIPATED NEXT THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ANDRADE

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

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