Strong mid-level zonal winds aloft over west Texas resulted in high winds in the higher elevations of the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Strong mid-level zonal winds aloft over west Texas resulted in high winds in the higher elevations of the Guadalupe and Davis 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 Feb 24, 10:25 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1125 PM CST WED FEB 24 2010 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE TERMINALS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDDAY THURSDAY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 21Z. HENNIG && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CST WED FEB 24 2010/ DISCUSSION... VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SNOW COVER RAPIDLY DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED WELL INTO THE 50S. HIGH CLOUDINESS IS ON THE INCREASE WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REGIME. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN WARMER OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL MOSTLY STAY WELL NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA...THOUGH A FEW LIGHT SPRINKLES/BRIEF SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS THURSDAY NIGHT. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS WEST TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGING WILL ENHANCE ALONG THIS FEATURE...RESULTING IN A RETURN TO MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES. DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW RH ACROSS THE REGION...AND INCREASED W/NW WINDS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT WILL SET UP ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY... WITH AN ASSOCIATED WARM UP EXPECTED. THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. MODELS ARE STILL UNRESOLVED ON THE SPEED/DEPTH OF THIS FEATURE...BUT KEPT A SIMILAR FORECAST GOING WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION SUNDAY. THE ECMWF AND GEM MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE WRAPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA AROUND THE UPPER LOW MONDAY...ALONG WITH COLDER AIR PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT A WINTRY MIX COULD OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING...BUT CONFIDENCE ON COLD AIR TIMING AND OVERALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES REMAIN LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP PRECIPITATION TYPE AS RAIN FOR NOW. WE FAVORED THE COLDER SOLUTIONS MONDAY AND TRENDED HIGHS BELOW MEX MOS GUIDANCE. SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT AND ASSOCIATED DRIER WEATHER/WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 144 PM CST WED FEB 24 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-251945- 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 CST WED FEB 24 2010 /1244 PM MST WED FEB 24 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several gusts over 58 mph occurred at the Guadalupe Peak Raws site, the highest of which was 65 mph that occurred at 0400 LST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 211575, 211574.