Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
214 PM CDT (114 PM MDT) WED MAY 26 1999

STRATUS DECK HAS FORMED OVER MUCH OF THE CWA...HOWEVER IS BEGINNING
TO BURN OFF FROM THE WEST. THIS DECK OF LOW CLOUDS WILL DELAY THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
HOURS. CURRENTLY A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ITS WAY SOUTH
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS/NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. LOOKING AT
PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE FRONT INDICATE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE A SLOW
PUSH TO THE SOUTH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NRN NM IS PROGD TO EJECT A SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF
ENERGY ACROSS WEST TEXAS BETWEEN OOZ AND 06Z TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
ALREADY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA...THIS IN COMBINATION
WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A RATHER INTERESTING
NIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. TOMORROW COULD SEE MORE OF THE SAME AS
ANOTHER VORT MAX ROLLS ACROSS THE AREA. FRIDAY WILL LIKELY GET A
SMALL BREAK FROM THE DAY TO DAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER FOR
THE EXTENDED WILL BE BACK INTO A PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUDNERSTORMS CWA WIDE.

MAF 060/082 060/086 4322
CNM 058/082 058/086 3222
MRF 052/082 052/085 2222
P07 065/086 065/089 4322

MARTIN