


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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993 FXUS64 KMAF 110526 AFDMAF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1226 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1225 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 - Temperatures will increase a touch Friday afternoon compared to Thursday. Highs will average a couple of degrees above normal. - A wet and cooler weather pattern is in store beginning this weekend lasting through early next week. && .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Friday night) Issued at 110 PM CDT Thu Jul 10 2025 WV imagery this afternoon shows an upper ridge centered over Baja del Norte, and extending ENE through the Panhandles. To the north, a shortwave is moving through the Rockies, convection is ongoing in Colorado due to this feature, w/CAMs developing a line down into southwest New Mexico by 00Z this evening, some of which may get into Southeast New Mexico overnight. Otherwise, a 40+kt LLJ is set to recur overnight, keeping mixing in play and negating radiational cooling under mostly clear skies to keep overnight lows 4-5 F above normal. Friday, the shortwave digs ESE into the Central Plains, increasing chances of convection across the northwest during the afternoon. PWATs are forecast to be in the gutter....up to 2 std devs below normal...and forecast soundings suggest a damaging wind threat will be present. Friday will be by far the warmest day this forecast, but highs will only be ~ 2-4 F above normal, a testament to what they otherwise would be if the shortwave was absent and the ridge more pronounced. Friday night looks to be another uncomfortably warm night, as a similar LLJ to tonight develops. However, lows may be a degree or so warmer due to more cloud cover. Convection may persist northeast due to the shortwave. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Wednesday) Issued at 110 PM CDT Thu Jul 10 2025 Upper-level ridging is expected to set up over the eastern and western US this weekend, with a trough wedged in between over the Great Plains. Lower heights due to troughing looks to bring cooler temperatures and increased rain chances through much of the long term period. Beginning Saturday, highs are forecast to top out in the 80s and 90s. Locations near and along the Rio Grande are still expected to reach beyond the century mark Saturday afternoon. However, triple digit highs will be almost non-existant through the remainder of the extended forecast. The good news keeps coming in the form of areawide rain chances as surface high pressure over the Gulf steers ample moisture in our direction. This will work in tandem with several rounds of disturbances rolling through to provide almost daily rain chances. The best shot at rain looks to be in the Permian Basin Saturday afternoon and evening, as a disturbance swings in over the Texas Panhandle. Depending on rainfall totals and rates, flash flooding could become the main weather threat within the coming days. Nevertheless, with any luck, we may continue to chip away at our drought conditions. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1225 AM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 VFR conditions expected through the period. A few remnant showers/thunderstorms from a decaying complex of storms may make it to HOB in the next couple of hours, so have included a PROB30 for that site. Southeasterly winds continue at all terminals, becoming gustier later this morning. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 94 73 91 70 / 0 0 20 60 Carlsbad 99 71 91 68 / 10 10 30 60 Dryden 97 74 95 75 / 0 0 10 30 Fort Stockton 100 73 96 72 / 10 10 20 50 Guadalupe Pass 93 68 85 64 / 10 10 30 50 Hobbs 94 69 89 67 / 10 10 30 70 Marfa 93 65 89 63 / 30 30 50 60 Midland Intl Airport 95 73 91 71 / 0 10 20 60 Odessa 94 73 90 70 / 0 10 20 60 Wink 99 73 93 70 / 10 10 20 60 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...44 LONG TERM....95 AVIATION...13