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FXUS64 KAMA 131131 AAA
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
631 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD...WITH ONLY SOME HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS EXPECTED TOWARDS THE END
OF THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL
TREND...INCREASING BETWEEN 15 AND 18Z...AND THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
SUNSET.

JOHNSON
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013/

DISCUSSION...
UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE PANHANDLES TODAY BEFORE MOVING EASTWARD
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN UPPER LOW OVER THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS TODAY
WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AND APPROACH THE PANHANDLES BY THE WEEKEND. THE
UPPER LOW WEAKENS INTO AN OPEN WAVE SATURDAY AS IT TRACKS EAST INTO
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER
THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY...HOWEVER SHORTWAVE TROUGHS DROPPING
SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL WEAKEN THE
UPPER RIDGE AND ALLOW THE UPPER TROUGHS TO TRACKS ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY. CONVECTION EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING...AND
THEN ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR CONVECTION BY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO SHIFT EASTWARD BY THE MIDDLE AND
LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS TO
SOUTHWESTERLY BY NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD EXCEPT BRIEFLY NEAR
NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

SCHNEIDER

FIRE WEATHER...
NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SCHNEIDER

&&

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

&&

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