Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
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451 FXUS64 KAMA 141118 AFDAMA Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 618 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM ... (Today through Sunday night) Issued at 354 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 Abnormally warm temperatures continue today. Although there won`t be a downsloping aspect to the surface winds for much of the area unlike yesterday, 850mb temperatures look to be at least a few degrees warmer which should result in similar high temperatures for much of the Panhandles. A surface trough will mix eastward through the day, moving as far east as somewhere in the two easternmost stacks of counties. Still, there will be enough mid-level moisture for cumulus development in the late morning/afternoon hours even west of the surface trough. As temperatures reach the convective temperature, isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible primarily in roughly the southeastern half of the CWA. Forecast soundings show a very well defined inverted-V thermodynamic profile suggesting the potential for any shower or thunderstorm to be capable of producing winds up to 55 mph, though a wind gust of 60 to 70 mph can`t be ruled out. Finally... Palo Duro Canyon will be close to Heat Advisory criteria (105 degrees), but will hold off given two factors: First... although the winds will mostly be favored for heat enhancement, it is getting later in the year thus there may not be as much heating within the Canyon due to the lower sun angle. Second... it appears quite favorable that cumulus clouds will develop in the late morning/afternoon hours, and there is a chance for thunderstorms potentially as early as 2 PM. Sunday... highs will be at least a couple degrees less hot across the Panhandles, but still well above average for mid-September. Dry air aloft, which was originally brought in to the Gulf of Mexico from the cyclonic flow around the low pressure stuck in the mid- South, will get advected into the Texas Panhandle today. This could inhibit the development of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon, though there are some hints of just-in-time mid-level moisture moving in by the late afternoon. Although several CAMs suggest there is some potential for showers and thunderstorms, NBM gives less than 10% PoPs. Won`t be surprised if there is some activity Sunday afternoon, especially if mid-level moisture moves in quicker than currently anticipated, but will leave the very low NBM PoPs in for now. Vanden Bosch && .LONG TERM... (Monday through Friday) Issued at 354 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms will likely return to the forecast area Monday afternoon through Friday as hard to time minor upper level shortwave trofs embedded in the overall large scale western states upper level trof may impact the southern high plains. There may be a day or two within the long term periods in which better precipitation chances occur as well as a relative minimum on a couple days. Which days end up better for shower and thunderstorm development and which ones end up drier is rather problematic this far out in time. Medium range models and the associated ensembles are in better agreement with the overall upper level pattern but continue to disagree on the hard to time smaller scale disturbances embedded in the flow. Therefore, have continued to incorporate the NBM pops for all periods of the long term forecast, with further adjustments likely as time gets closer. Temperatures will slowly ease downward slightly from Monday through Friday, and this trend is reflected in the NBM temperatures. 02 && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 616 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 VFR conditions are expected through this forecast period. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible at KAMA this afternoon, but confidence regarding a thunderstorm impacting the terminal is too low to include thunderstorm mentions at this time. Vanden Bosch && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Amarillo TX 99 64 96 64 / 20 10 10 10 Beaver OK 94 60 95 63 / 0 10 10 10 Boise City OK 92 57 93 60 / 0 10 0 10 Borger TX 102 63 100 65 / 20 10 10 10 Boys Ranch TX 98 63 96 63 / 10 10 10 10 Canyon TX 97 63 95 62 / 20 10 10 10 Clarendon TX 100 63 96 64 / 20 20 10 10 Dalhart TX 95 57 93 58 / 0 10 0 10 Guymon OK 95 57 96 62 / 10 10 10 10 Hereford TX 99 62 96 62 / 20 10 10 10 Lipscomb TX 98 63 96 66 / 20 20 10 10 Pampa TX 98 63 95 63 / 20 20 10 10 Shamrock TX 100 63 96 65 / 20 20 10 10 Wellington TX 101 65 98 66 / 20 20 10 10 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. OK...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...52 LONG TERM....02 AVIATION...52