Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
231 PM CDT Thu Jun 26 2014

.DISCUSSION...
West to northwesterly aloft will continue through the weekend.
Lacking decent upper level ridging, very intense daytime heating
(above normal temperatures) along and east of a dryline should
allow isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms to develop most
afternoons and evenings through Sunday across mainly west Texas
and the mountains extreme southwest Texas.

By next Monday through Thursday upper level ridging is forecast
to strengthen from the southern Rockies to the Gulf Coast. This
will turn the mid level flow to the northeast and east and
increase subsidence across the forecast area and diminish the
threat of convection. The exception could be southeast New Mexico
on Monday and Tuesday where mid level flow off the New Mexico
mountains and could steer storms into those areas. Temperatures
should continue above normal next week with upper ridging in
place.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
A few locations over the southeast New Mexico Plains will see
minimum RHs near 15 percent this afternoon, however 20 foot wind
speeds should stay below 20 mph sustained.  Recovery tonight will be
good to excellent over all but the Guadalupe Mountains.  The base of
an upper level storm system will pass over New Mexico Friday.
Increasing mid level winds and hot temperatures will result in gusty
southwest 20 foot winds Friday afternoon, especially over the
Guadalupe Mountains and portions of the southeast New Mexico Plains.
Since minimum afternoon RHs will drop to 10 to 15 percent in these
areas, will issue a Red Flag Warning from 27/19Z until 28/02Z.
There has been some greenup in these areas, but there are still dry
fuels and the Fire Danger Rating will be high to very high.  A
dryline will sharpen up over the Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos
Friday afternoon with scattered thunderstorms possible along it.
Recovery Friday night will be poor along and west of a Maljamar,
Balmorhea and Presidio line.

The upper storm system will move east of the region Saturday.  It
will still be hot and dry west of the dryline with minimum afternoon
RHs dropping to 10 to 15 percent along and west of a Gail, Midland,
Alpine and Presidio line.  However, 20 foot wind speeds will stay
below 20 mph sustained for the most part.  Recovery Saturday night
will be similar to Friday night.  The dryline will stay further west
Sunday afternoon with minimum RHs of 10 to 15 percent expected along
and west of a Hobbs, Wink, Marfa and Presidio line.  20 foot wind
speeds do not appear strong enough for critical fire weather
conditions.

&&

.CLIMATE...With summer upon us locations in West Texas and
Southeast New Mexico are approaching...or are at the hottest
climatological normals for the year. The following is the NCDC
climatological normals for the hottest maximum temperatures during
the year.

Location         Temp    Start Date    End Date
--------         ----    ----------    --------
Midland Intl AP   95     June 28       August 9
Odessa            96     June 19       June 25
Andrews           95     June 15       August 11
Seminole          94     July 1        July 10
Snyder            94     July 6        August 14
Fort Stockton     95     June 20       July 3
Alpine            91     June 15       June 20
Hobbs             95     June 13       July 20
Carlsbad          96     June 23       July 1

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX                 95  69  99  70  /  20  20  10  10
BIG SPRING TX              94  69  96  74  /  10  10  20  20
CARLSBAD NM               100  67 105  69  /  10  10   0   0
DRYDEN TX                  96  74  99  75  /  10  10  10  10
FORT STOCKTON TX           95  72 100  73  /  20  20  20  20
GUADALUPE PASS TX          93  69  95  67  /  10  10   0   0
HOBBS NM                   95  65 100  66  /  20  20  10  10
MARFA TX                   90  57  94  60  /  30  30  10  10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    94  72  99  74  /  10  10  20  20
ODESSA TX                  95  71  99  73  /  10  10  10  10
WINK TX                    97  73 102  72  /  20  20  10  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING from 1 PM to 8 PM MDT Friday FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains NP/Lincoln NF/LNZ...Southeast
     Plains/BLM Roswell/LNZ.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING from 1 PM to 8 PM MDT Friday FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
144 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-271845-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
144 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 /1244 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MARFA PLATEAU INTO
THE PRESIDIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH MORE ISOLATED
STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS INTO THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN.  A FEW STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.  DUE TO
PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN THE AIR, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS, AND DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A DRYLINE
STRETCHING OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN, STOCKTON PLATEAU, LOWER TRANS
PECOS AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

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