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FXUS64 KAMA 100540
AFDAMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1140 PM CST MON DEC 9 2013

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS

WINDS WILL REMAIN THE MAIN STORY OF THE TAFS. LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS
TONIGHT WILL BACK TO THE SSW AND INCREASE LATE MORNING AND GUST TO
NEAR 30 KTS BEFORE DECREASING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT
WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE NNW AT KGUY LATE IN THE PERIOD AND AT KDHT
AND KAMA JUST AFTER THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.

SIMPSON
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 534 PM CST MON DEC 9 2013/

AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL GIVE WAY TO BREEZIER CONDITIONS ON
TUESDAY AS WINDS TICK UP AND GUSTS APPROACH 25 KTS. GIVEN THE
SEASON...THE GUSTS SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORT-LIVED.

SIMPSON

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 205 PM CST MON DEC 9 2013/

DISCUSSION...
DRIER AIR WORKING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST INTO THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TODAY. SKIES CLEARING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE SOUTH AND EAST
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. REMOVED MENTION OF SNOW FLURRIES
THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHEAST DUE TO THE INFLUX OF DRY AIR AND
RAPIDLY CLEARING SKIES. WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND INCREASED
DOWNSLOPING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY IN THE BREEZY
CATEGORY...MAX TEMPS SHOULD CLIMB WELL INTO THE 40S TO AROUND 50.
BUMPED UP MAX TEMPS TUESDAY. NEXT COLD FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH
THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON
FRIDAY. BOTH OF THESE FRONTS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH DRY WITH JUST A
SLIGHT COOL DOWN IN TEMPS. OTHERWISE...NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
HIGH TEMPS EXPECTED THROUGH UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH NEAR OR BELOW MIN
TEMPS. WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE PREVAILS THROUGH
THE MIDDLE AND END OF THIS WEEK. UPPER TROUGH FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS
THE PANHANDLES LATE THIS WEEK. ONLY THE ECMWF HINTING AT THE
POSSIBILITY OF PRECIP THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MAINLY ACROSS THE
FAR SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...HOWEVER THE GFS REMAINS
DRY FOR NOW. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY ARRIVE IN THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY
NIGHT.

SCHNEIDER

FIRE WEATHER...
NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND.

SCHNEIDER

&&

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

&&

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