Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
212 PM CDT MON JUN  7 2004

.SHORT TERM...
SHORT TERM CONCERN INCLUDE CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN THE WESTERN CWFA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOW CLOUDS LATE
TONIGHT OVER THE EAST. AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THE WEAK MID LEVEL RIDGE IS NOTED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY ATTM OVER
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. A SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS STRETCHED ALONG THE
HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SOUTH
ACROSS THE BIG BEND. BOTH FEATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY
WITH A SLIGHT EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE RIDGE AXIS THIS EVENING. UPSLOPE
FLOW/WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG TROUGH...AND WEAK INSTABILITY INDICATES
THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS ALONG AND NEAR THE TROUGH/MOUNTAINS. HAVE
DRAWN CHANCE POPS IN THE FAVORED AREAS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND
NEAR THE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/TROUGH ACROSS NORTHWEST EDDY
COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS GIVEN DEEP INVERTED V PBL...BUT WITH
LIMITED INSTABILITY AND WARM PROFILES SEVERE HAIL THREAT SHOULD BE
MINIMAL. ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE AROUND/SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A 45 KT LLJ IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER THE EASTERN PARTS
OF THE FA IN RESPONSE TO HEIGHT/PRESSURE FALLS OVER THE CENTRAL/
SOUTHERN PLAINS AS THE MID LEVEL FLOW INCREASES AND BECOMES
SOUTHWESTERLY OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS COULD PROMOTE STRATUS
OVER THE EASTERN ZONES GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.LONG TERM...
MODEL ENSEMBLES SUGGEST A CONTINUANCE OF THE ONGOING FLOW REGIME
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  A SYNOPTICALLY QUIESCENT DRYLINE
SITUATION WILL PERSIST AS WELL...WITH MIXING EAST DURING THE DAY AND
A RETREAT BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS AT NIGHT.  WHILE THE AIRMASS TO THE
EAST OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE...THE CAP WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE AND WILL GREATLY LIMIT CONVECTIVE INITIATION.  THE
BEST CHANCES FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY AND OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHERE LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND OROGRAPHY...RESPECTIVELY...MAY BE SUFFICIENT
FOR AT LEAST LOW ORDER POPS.  THE CAP LOOKS TOO STRONG EVERYWHERE
THURSDAY...BUT HEIGHT/THICKNESS FALLS AND BETTER UPPER DYNAMICAL
SUPPORT ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY.  AS A RESULT
WEVE REINTRODUCED POPS ALONG THE DRYLINE AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS
FRIDAY.  AT THIS TIME WE WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE
MIDLEVEL THERMAL RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE.  HAVE NUDGED MAXIMA AND
MINIMA TOWARD A BLEND OF PERSISTENCE AND THE PREVIOUS FORECAST
INITIALLY WITH A TREND TOWARD ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE THEREAFTER.  SKY
GRIDS TWEAKED TO REFLECT LIKELIHOOD OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS.  LASTLY...
MOISTURE AND WIND GRIDS REFLECT A BLEND OF ETA/GFS AND GUIDANCE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX             70  95  71  94 /   0   0   0   0
CARLSBAD NM               67 100  65 100 /  30  10  10  10
DRYDEN TX                 73  93  69  94 /  10   0   0   0
FORT STOCKTON TX          72  98  68  99 /  10  10  10  10
GUADALUPE PASS TX         65  91  66  91 /  20  10  10  10
HOBBS NM                  66  96  64  95 /  10  10  10  10
MARFA TX                  61  93  57  89 /  30  20  20  20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX   70  95  69  96 /   0  10  10  10
ODESSA TX                 70  97  68  96 /   0  10  10  10
WINK TX                   70 102  69 103 /  10  10  10  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.

&&

10/70

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
200 PM CDT MON JUN 7 2004

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-080900-
ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES-
GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER-
200 PM CDT (100 PM MDT) MON JUN 7 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
WEST TEXAS...AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY INTENSE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THERE WILL BE A
LESSER THREAT FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. A FEW LOCALS THAT ARE
MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY STRONG STORMS LATER TODAY AND THIS
EVENING INCLUDE ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...PINE SPRINGS...FORT DAVIS...AND
MARFA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WILL
BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 PM AND 8 PM CDT (3 PM AND 7 PM MDT).

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM OCCURANCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LINDLEY