An upper level storm system moving over the southern Rocky Mountains worked to tighten the height gradient over west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This brought higher upper level winds down to the surface in some locations.
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An upper level storm system moving over the southern Rocky Mountains worked to tighten the height gradient over west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This brought higher upper level winds down to the surface in some locations.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 14, 12:39 PM MST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
139 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006
.SHORT TERM...
AN AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH OVER NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE TO PROGRESSIVE TRACK TO EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
TONIGHT. A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AND AN
ASSOCIATED DEEP MIXED LAYER AND TIGHTENING SURFACE GRADIENT ACROSS
THE PLAINS HAVE RESULTED IN HIGH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING GUSTS TO 69KT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AT
17Z...AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE PLAINS...INCLUDING GUSTS TO 43KT
AT KCNM AT 17Z AND GUSTS TO 38KT AT KODO AT 18Z WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. THE HIGH WIND WARNING
FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND WIND ADVISORY FOR THE
ADJACENT PLAINS IN EDDY AND CULBERSON COUNTIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL 03Z AND 00Z RESPECTIVELY.
VEERING WINDS WILL STAY UP OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RAPIDLY SURGE SOUTHWARD
ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
BIG BEND BY MIDNIGHT...WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE BUOYED BY
IMPRESSIVE 3MB/HR SURFACE PRESSURE RISES AND ABUNDANT COLD AIR
ADVECTION IN ITS WAKE.
.LONG TERM...
LOOKS LIKE A RATHER QUIET WEATHER PATTERN DEVELOPING THROUGH THE
EXTENDED FORECAST WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING IN THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. BEYOND FIRE WEATHER ISSUES TOMORROW THE
BIGGEST CONCERN IS A LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE FREEZE FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZE WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED IN AREAS YET TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FREEZE.
TWO PROGRESSIVE UPPER LOWS WILL TRAVERSE THE PLAINS AND OHIO VALLEY
AND GREAT LAKES THIS WEEK. THE FIRST WILL HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA BY WEDNESDAY. THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST
OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND.
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR ABOVE NORMAL VALUES IN THIS
PATTERN DUE TO THE COLD AIR REMAINING WELL NORTH AND EAST OF THE
REGION. (CLUE FROM COLD AIR NOT PENETRATING TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE ROCKIES). PRECIPITATION WILL BE SCANT AS WELL WITH FORCING
AND MOISTURE MEAGER.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE PASSING
COLD FRONT. BRISK 20FT WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ABOVE
RED FLAG CRITERIA OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD RECOVER SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...INTO THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE...WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES QUICKLY DROPPING BACK INTO CRITICALLY DRY
LEVELS...INTO THE LOWER TEENS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DESPITE THE COOLER
TEMPERATURES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR WEDNESDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 40 57 28 71 / 0 0 0 0
CARLSBAD NM 42 62 29 76 / 0 0 0 0
DRYDEN TX 47 67 33 73 / 0 0 0 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 44 59 33 75 / 0 0 0 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 41 54 35 67 / 0 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 38 59 27 73 / 0 0 0 0
MARFA TX 38 56 20 66 / 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 39 58 29 70 / 0 0 0 0
ODESSA TX 41 59 29 71 / 0 0 0 0
WINK TX 42 64 29 78 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 12 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF
EDDY COUNTY.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM MST TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 12 PM MST TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS.
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 9 AM CST TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...
ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...
MITCHELL...PECOS...REAGAN...SCURRY...TERRELL...UPTON...
WARD...WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 PM CST /12 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9
PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
01/12HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 119 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151930- 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- 119 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006 /1219 PM MST TUE NOV 14 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WESTERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LOCALLY LIMIT VISIBILITIES ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRY AIR BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) at Carlsbad, New Mexico (KCNM) recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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