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807 FXUS64 KLUB 270714 AFDLUB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 214 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (Today and tonight) Issued at 156 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024 Quiet weather continues today as relatively warm midlevel temperatures and a dry and subsident airmass remain in place over the region. Upper ridging over the desert southwest will retreat slightly westward today which may bring a very slight increase in high cloud cover late in the day, but otherwise dry conditions persist with warm daytime highs, seasonable overnight lows, and light winds. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 156 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024 A dry and relatively warm forecast will continue for the foreseeable future. This weekend will be characterized by an omega-like blocking pattern over the CONUS. An upper ridge over the southwestern US will persist with a deep trough over the eastern CONUS and a weaker low in the eastern Pacific. This pattern will eventually break down after the weekend with an active northern stream across southern Canada into the northern CONUS. As the northern stream becomes increasingly active next week, a cold front will attempt to make it into the area around Tuesday and again around Friday. Temperatures will generally remain between five and ten degrees above seasonal averages through next week. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1214 AM CDT Fri Sep 27 2024 VFR will continue through this TAF period. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...30