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Area Forecast Discussion
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
129 PM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017

.DISCUSSION...
A series of upper troughs will move across the NW US this week with
a stronger one digging down the West Coast Thursday and Friday.  As
this trough moves east look for SW flow aloft to set up across the
region.  This will allow shortwaves to track across the area and
could initiate storm development later in the week.

Temperatures will remain above normal with highs in the 90s through
the week but are expected to cool back into the 80s by the start of
next week.  Most of the area will see lows in the 60s and 70s with
even a few 50s possible at Marfa and Tatum.  Models have been
teasing the arrival of a significant front end of the week but keep
pushing it back in time... now not making it here in 240hrs.

As far as precip not expecting much tonight... may be a few storms
along the western border and higher elevations... could reach as far
east as the Pecos River. May be more activity on Tuesday... perhaps
early... as models depict showers and storms moving off the Rio
Grande and spreading across the Trans Pecos. Have bumped up pops
slightly Tuesday south of the Pecos.  Tuesday night and Wednesday
the best rain chances will shift to the SE counties.  Rain chances
may increase again toward the weekend.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Big Spring                     71  95  71  96 /  10  20  20  20
Carlsbad                       67  97  67  95 /  10  10  10  10
Dryden                         74  97  73  97 /  10  20  20  30
Fort Stockton                  71  95  71  95 /  10  30  20  20
Guadalupe Pass                 65  88  65  87 /  20  10  10  10
Hobbs                          65  93  64  93 /  10  20  10  10
Marfa                          59  88  60  88 /  20  30  20  20
Midland Intl Airport           72  96  72  97 /  10  20  20  10
Odessa                         72  96  71  97 /  10  20  20  10
Wink                           72  98  70  98 /  10  20  10  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...None.
TX...None.
&&

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