The passage of a cold front resulted in high northeast winds through the lower elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
The passage of a cold front resulted in high northeast winds through the lower elevations 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 May 14, 4:44 AM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 644 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 .DISCUSSION... && .AVIATION... CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT EAST WIND THIS MORNING WILL VEER AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. MAY BE A LITTLE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONGER WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 503 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011/ DISCUSSION... A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING. SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT DOMINATES ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. SKIES ARE CLEAR ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BIG BEND REGION...WHERE A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ARE PASSING OVERHEAD. TEMPERATURES ARE RANGING JUST A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 50S...EXCEPT FOR A FEW LOWER 60S ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION. SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT WILL FLATTEN TODAY...AS A MINOR SHORTWAVE TROUGH ARRIVES ACROSS WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH CHIHUAHUA MEXICO. WINDS WILL BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST IN RESPONSE...AND MAY ACTUALLY BE QUITE BREEZY FOR A PERIOD THIS MORNING ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN... AND INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS AND BIG BEND COURTESY OF THE RESULTANT MSLP GRADIENT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE MODESTLY ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION/ALONG THE RIO GRANDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S. MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPING AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...AND PORTIONS OF THE MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY AND THE ARRIVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. WE KEPT 10-15 PCT POP COVERAGE MAINLY SOUTH OF A CANDELARIA...ALPINE...HEATH CANYON LINE...INCLUDING PRESIDIO...LAJITAS...AND THE BIG BEND NP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES AND A BRIEF MODERATE OR HEAVY DOWNPOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH THE OVERALL QPF IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CLEAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...WITH A RETURN TO SHORTWAVE RIDGING ANTICIPATED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OUR FORECAST AREA SHOULD ALSO REMAIN SANDWICHED BETWEEN A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO NORTH TEXAS...AND A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO NORTHERN MEXICO BOTH DAYS. OCCASIONAL GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...NEAR NORMAL TEMPS...AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ATTENTION IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BEFORE TRANSLATING EASTWARD TOWARD THE GREAT BASIN/ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEK. MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS NOW DIFFER ON THE SPEED/TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...GFS REMAINS MORE PROGRESSIVE AND FARTHER NORTH...WHILE THE ECM AND CMC MODEL SOLUTIONS SHOW A SLOWER/FARTHER SOUTH SOLUTION. GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW SHOULD PREVAIL TUESDAY WELL IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WE KEPT MENTION OF ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG THIS FEATURE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THOUGH THE LATEST SOLUTIONS DO NOT LOOK PROMISING. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM. THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS STILL OFFER WINDY...DRY... AND WARM CONDITIONS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE DRYLINE SURGES EAST. THIS WOULD BRING MORE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS BACK TO THE REGION BOTH OF THESE DAYS. WE INCREASED WIND SPEEDS IN THE GRIDS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOK VERY LOW ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA LATE NEXT WEEK GIVEN THE CURRENT PROGGED TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 434 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-150945- 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- 434 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /334 AM MDT SAT MAY 14 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU... PRESIDIO VALLEY... AND BIG BEND. DEADLY LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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.
Sustained northeast winds of 40 mph or greater occurred for 3 hours in Guadalupe Pass behind a cold front.
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