


Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
283 SXUS44 KMAF 121146 RECMAF Recreational Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 645 AM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Recreational forecast text represents an average of conditions over the entire park. Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for today, tonight, and Sunday. TXZ279-280-282-122100- Big Bend National Park- 645 AM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall. Highs around 80 in the mountains to around 103 along the Rio Grande. Light and variable winds becoming northeast around 10 mph in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall. Lows 70 to 76. East winds around 10 mph shifting to the north after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. East winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 69 to 75. East winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. In the mountains, east winds around 10 mph. Along the Rio Grande, light and variable winds becoming southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 70 to 75. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 70 to 75. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 70 to 75. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 71 to 76. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 97 71 88 / 40 50 60 Castolon 103 77 95 / 40 50 60 Chisos Basin 86 64 78 / 40 60 70 Persimmon Gap 97 73 89 / 30 50 50 Rio Grande Village 106 77 98 / 40 40 60 $$ NMZ027-028-122100- Carlsbad Caverns National Park- 545 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall in the evening. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 10 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 70. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 87 67 83 / 50 50 40 $$ TXZ277-122100- Fort Davis National Historic Site- 645 AM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds becoming northeast around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Light and variable winds becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 91 63 83 / 60 60 70 $$ TXZ270-271-122100- Guadalupe Mountains National Park- 545 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s near the mountain peaks to the lower 90s below 5000 feet. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall in the evening. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall after midnight. Lows 58 to 65. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. East winds around 10 mph. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 58 to 65. East winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. Light and variable winds becoming east around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 59 to 66. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 61 to 68. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s near the mountain peaks to around 90 below 5000 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 61 to 68. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 61 to 68. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 86 65 83 / 40 40 40 Dog Canyon 78 58 74 / 40 30 50 McKittrick Canyon 85 65 82 / 50 40 50 $$