FXUS64 KMAF 181926
AFDMAF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
226 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2020

.DISCUSSION...

The heat will slowly but surely make a return to west Texas and
southeastern New Mexico through the weekend. We'll see
temperatures return to above the century mark to the Rio Grande
Valley and the upper Trans Pecos tomorrow, expanding through much
of the Permian Basin through Thursday. Friday looks to be the
hottest day, but Saturday and Sunday won't be too far behind.
Rain chances will be limited, but the best chances for
thunderstorms will be over southeastern New Mexico and the
northern Permian Basin late Wednesday night and again late Friday
night. Thunderstorms, probably forming off the Sangre de
Christos/Raton Mesa and propagating south during the evening
hours, may hold together long enough to produce a few hundredths
of an inch of rain. Then that'll be it for awhile as the
subtropical ridge builds back over the Southern Plains.
Temperatures next week may be a touch cooler as easterly flow
aloft brings in slightly less hot temperatures, but will still be
above normal for the latter half of August. Rumor has it that
autumn starts in five weeks...will believe it when I see it.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Big Spring                     69  96  72  99 /   0   0   0   0
Carlsbad                       69  98  71 102 /   0   0  10   0
Dryden                         73  98  74 100 /   0   0   0   0
Fort Stockton                  69  97  71  99 /   0   0   0   0
Guadalupe Pass                 69  88  69  94 /   0   0  20   0
Hobbs                          66  94  69  98 /   0   0   0   0
Marfa                          59  90  62  93 /   0   0   0  10
Midland Intl Airport           70  97  73 100 /   0   0   0   0
Odessa                         71  97  73 100 /   0   0   0   0
Wink                           70  99  73 103 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...None.
TX...None.
&&

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