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Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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457 SXUS44 KMAF 091735 RECMAF Recreational Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1235 PM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 Recreational forecast text represents an average of conditions over the entire park. Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for the rest of today, tonight, and Friday. TXZ279-280-282-092100- Big Bend National Park- 1235 PM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 .REST OF TODAY...Increasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s in the mountains to the lower 90s along the Rio Grande. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 62 to 67. In the mountains, southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Along the Rio Grande, east winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s in the mountains to the lower 90s along the Rio Grande. East winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 66. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70 in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the evening. Lows 64 to 69. .COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 62 to 67. .TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 66. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 85 63 85 / 10 10 Castolon 90 69 90 / 10 10 Chisos Basin 74 57 74 / 10 10 Persimmon Gap 86 66 87 / 20 20 Rio Grande Village 94 67 95 / 10 10 $$ NMZ027-028-092100- Carlsbad Caverns National Park- 1135 AM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025 .REST OF TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. .COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 60. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 80 61 79 / 10 10 $$ TXZ277-092100- Fort Davis National Historic Site- 1235 PM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025 .REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 79 54 79 / 20 20 10 $$ TXZ270-271-092100- Guadalupe Mountains National Park- 1135 AM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025 .REST OF TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s near the mountain peaks to around 80 below 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows 52 to 59. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s near the mountain peaks to around 80 below 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 53 to 60. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. South winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 56 to 63. .SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 60s near the mountain peaks to the upper 70s below 5000 feet. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows 53 to 60. .COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s near the mountain peaks to the mid 70s below 5000 feet. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 52 to 59. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s near the mountain peaks to the upper 70s below 5000 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 53 to 59. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s near the mountain peaks to the lower 80s below 5000 feet. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 76 58 75 / 10 10 10 Dog Canyon 65 53 65 / 10 10 10 McKittrick Canyon 76 60 76 / 10 10 10 $$