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Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
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869 FXUS64 KFWD 140754 AFDFWD Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 254 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025 ...New Long Term... .KEY MESSAGES... - Warm and humid conditions expected today and Saturday with isolated afternoon thunderstorms (20-30% chance). - Low rain chances (15-25%) continue into next week with temperatures warming into the mid 90s by mid week. && .SHORT TERM... /Issued 1141 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025/ /Overnight through Sunday/ Convection has died out across the region late this evening with loss of heating and activity across West Texas continues to lose momentum as it steadily pushes southeast. We should remain warm and humid overnight with low temperatures in the lower 70s. We`ll continue to monitor new convective development which is expected to occur later tonight across northwest Oklahoma as it`ll tend to move in our general direction by morning. Otherwise we should remain quiet overnight into early Saturday. The upper pattern will remain supportive of at least scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the Southern Plains and across Southeast Texas through the weekend, although a lack of significant forcing or notable frontal systems will make pinning down location a little more challenging as is common for this time of year. A mid level ridge will be centered off to our west keeping the Southern Plains embedded within a modest northerly flow aloft which will support convective complexes making a run at North Texas nightly. Additional scattered afternoon thunderstorms are expected across Southeast Texas which will spread northwest into the evening hours. We`ll have 20% PoPs mainly north of I-20 this morning with 20-30% PoPs across our east/southeast this afternoon and maintain this general configuration into Sunday as well. It is worth noting that the consensus of the global guidance has come in considerably higher with PoPs over the weekend, so we`ll continue to monitor this in the short term. Dunn && .LONG TERM... /NEW/ /Sunday Night Onward/ We will have additional opportunities for MCS activity to cross the Red River into North Texas Sunday night into Monday. Much of the latest guidance is beginning to hone in on the development of an MCS (or two) during this time period. While there are still significant discrepancies in the timing and location of these storms, there`s certainly a strong enough signal to warrant an increase in PoPs. For now, have kept them capped at 20-30%, but they may be increased further as confidence increases over the next couple of days. Any MCS activity that makes its way into North Texas would be accompanied by a damaging wind threat, so ensure you monitor the forecast this weekend for the latest information. Otherwise, flow aloft will become more zonal Tuesday and Wednesday as a mid-level ridge to our west shifts slightly towards the area. As a result, rain chances will be near-zero Tuesday and Wednesday. The ridge axis may retreat back to the west late Wednesday, resulting in the brief return of north/northwest flow aloft. This will allow low rain chances to return Wednesday night and Thursday as another shortwave trough clips the region. Seasonably warm temperatures are expected throughout the week, with afternoon highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and warm/muggy mornings in the 70s. Barnes && .AVIATION... /Issued 1141 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025/ /6Z TAFs/ VFR will prevail for much of the night with some passing high clouds spreading into the region. We`ll see MVFR cigs develop later tonight and spread north into the D10 airspace early Saturday morning. These should hang around for a few hours before scattering out during the late morning. South winds around 10 kt will prevail through the period. We`ll continue to monitor at least some low storm chances through Saturday and again Sunday. At this time we`ll keep any precip out of the TAFs, but may have to watch some activity spreading south into the region later this morning. Dunn && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 92 75 91 76 93 / 10 10 10 30 30 Waco 91 74 90 74 91 / 20 10 0 20 20 Paris 88 72 87 73 88 / 20 20 30 30 30 Denton 92 73 92 74 93 / 10 10 20 30 30 McKinney 90 74 90 74 91 / 10 10 20 30 30 Dallas 93 76 92 77 94 / 10 10 10 30 30 Terrell 90 73 88 74 90 / 10 10 20 30 30 Corsicana 90 74 89 75 90 / 20 10 10 20 20 Temple 92 73 91 73 92 / 20 10 0 20 20 Mineral Wells 93 72 94 74 95 / 10 10 10 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$