Surface low pressure located over eastern portions of New Mexico aided in winds briefly reaching high wind thresholds over portions of the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Surface low pressure located over eastern portions of New Mexico aided in winds briefly reaching high wind thresholds over portions of the Guadalupe Mountains.
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 Jan 21, 1:29 PM MST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 229 PM CST MON JAN 21 2008 .DISCUSSION... SFC LOW INVOF E CENTRAL NM AND MIXING HAVE FAVORED SWLY SFC WINDS ACRS MUCH OF CWFA...EXCEPT FAR E. NEARLY ZONAL 7H-5H FLOW WITH 35-40KTS AT 7H RESULTING IN GUSTY WINDS IN THE GDP/DAVIS MTNS. ISOLD LOCATIONS MAY HAVE GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE DAVIS MTNS AND NEAR 60 MPH IN THE GDP MTNS TDY. ISOLATED NATURE AND SHORT DURATION WILL PRECLUDE WARNING BUT HAVE MENTIONED IN HWO AND IN NOWCAST. MTN TOP WINDS NEAR 30KTS THRU THE NIGHT FAVOR GUSTY MTNS WINDS THRU EARLY TUE MORNING THOUGH. COLD FRONT IN THE PANHANDLE WILL MOVE SWD OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE CENTRAL PB BY MID MORNING TUE. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WINDS WILL TEND TO REMAIN VEERED (WLY) ALTHOUGH LESS THAN 10KTS BY 12Z. AS SUCH EXPECT THAT POTENTIAL FOR LOW CLOUDS ACRS THE E WILL BE DIMINISHED. DUE TO FROPA ACRS PB TUE WILL TREND TEMPS DOWN ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES F FROM PECOS RIVER NWD. EVEN THOUGH FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO MTNS MID/UPPER CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO THICKEN AND THE DECREASED INSOLATION WILL RESULT IN COOLER TEMPS THERE AS WELL. FRONT WILL PUSH A LITTLE FARTHER SWWD INTO WED MORNING. MEANWHILE STRONG NRN STREAM SYSTEM WILL SERVE TO DRIVE RE-ENFORCING COLD FRONT SWD INTO PB/SE NM LATER WED WITH COLDEST AIR IN PLACE THUR. NAM IS SLOWER THAN GFS/ECMWF WITH ARRIVAL OF PRECIP AND TEND TO FAVOR THE EARLIER SOLN...WILL MAKE NO CHANGE TO CURRENT WED PRECIP FCST. MAV MOS REFLECTS UP-TICK IN POPS AS EARLY AS LATE WED AFTERNOON. COLD AIR WILL DEEPEN THUR MORNING ACRS PB/SE NM AIDED BY WET BULB COOLING ASSOCD WITH PRECIP. MODELS ARE FARTHER W AND S WITH COLD AIR THAN RUNS FROM PREVIOUS 24HRS. THESE TRENDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO FCST WITH THUR HIGH TEMPS IN THE 30S. SURPRISINGLY MEXMOS HAS CAUGHT ONTO THIS TREND WITH POPS STILL HOLDING WELL INTO THE CHANCE (50 PCT) RANGE... ESPECIALLY ACRS THE W. THESE CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD WITH 5H FLOW EVENTUALLY BACKING TO THE SW...AN ESTABLISHED PACIFIC MSTR CONNECTION WITH EMBEDDED PERIODIC MINOR SHRTWV TROF/S...AND GOOD AGREEMENT IN GFS/ECMWF MODEL QPF. INITIALLY FROM WED-12Z THUR PRECIP WILL TEND TO BE FAVORED S OF A LINE FROM NEAR BIG LAKE...TO FT STOCKTON...TO FT. DAVIS AS STEERING FLOW WILL STILL BE MORE ZONAL. HOWEVER FROM 12Z THUR ONWARD STEERING FLOW WILL BACK TO SW AND PRECIP CHANCES WILL INCREASE NWD INTO UPPER TRANS PECOS/SE NM/PB. SINCE ATMOSPHERE IS COOLER IT MAKES THE PRECIP TYPE A LITTLE EASIER TO FCST ATTP WITH THERMAL PROFILE GENERALLY SNOW AND/OR RAIN. PRECIP LOOKS TO DECREASE FRI MORNING. HOWEVER GFS INDICATES A STOUT 85H LLJ (40KTS) WILL VEER TO S INCREASING WAA...THUS PRECIP WILL REMAIN IN THE FCST FRI. THEREAFTER MSTR CONNECTION WILL HAVE MOVED E AND MINOR SHRTWV TROF IS FCST TO PASS WELL NW. HOWEVER BY LATE SAT A COLD MID/UPPER LOW WILL SETTLE INTO SRN CALIF WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL SHRTWV TROF/S TO MOVE ACRS THE AREA. BRIEF POPS MAY HAVE TO BE INCLUDE ACRS THE W SUNDAY BEFORE TROF MOVES TO THE N BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS. && .FIRE WEATHER... FIRE WX CONCERNS JUST NOW STARTING TO INCREASE AS DRIER IS MOVING EWD FROM THE MTNS WITH THE RAWS AT DUNKEN SHOWING A DWPNT OF 2F AND RH OF 11 PCT. ALSO HIER ELEVATIONS OF DAVIS/GDP MTNS HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH/GREATER THAN 20 MPH...RESPECTIVELY... WITH DRYING AIR. WRN PARTS OF SE NM...ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FT IN THE GDP MTNS...AND NEAR 6000 FT IN THE DAVIS WILL HAVE SHORT DURATION RED FLAG CONDITIONS REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THAT SUSTAINED 20 FT WINDS FOR 3 HRS WILL BE THE LIMITING FACTOR AND WILL PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF RFW ATTM. DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING FARTHER E ACRS SE NM AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE WX CONCERNS ARE ELEVATED IN THE CHISOS MTNS ALSO WHERE RH/S HAVE FALLEN TO NEAR 10 PCT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 35 49 31 54 / 10 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 29 57 30 54 / 0 0 10 10 DRYDEN TX 39 63 44 53 / 0 10 10 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 40 66 41 55 / 0 10 10 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 33 58 39 49 / 0 0 10 20 HOBBS NM 30 50 29 54 / 0 0 10 10 MARFA TX 25 61 34 54 / 0 0 10 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 31 51 31 49 / 0 10 10 20 ODESSA TX 33 51 32 52 / 0 10 10 20 WINK TX 33 60 34 57 / 0 0 10 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 229 PM CST MON JAN 21 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-222030- 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- 229 PM CST MON JAN 21 2008 /129 PM MST MON JAN 21 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS INTO THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH THE GUADALUPE PASS. IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET. STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING OVER THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES APPROACHING 15 PERCENT WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. THE IGNITION OF FIRES IS NOT ADVISED THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds briefly gusted above high wind criteria at Guadalupe Pass during the afternoon of January 21.
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