Increasing mid level winds ahead of an approaching shortwave trough resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Increasing mid level winds ahead of an approaching shortwave trough resulted in high winds in 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 Mar 7, 11:00 AM MST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1200 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012
.DISCUSSION...
HAVE OPTED TO BRING DRY AIR FARTHER E THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE
INCREASED HIGH TEMPERATURES. AS SUCH HAVE EXPAND RFW TO INCLUDE
NW/CNTRL PB. ALSO...LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
DRY AIR WILL SURGE FARTHER E INTO THE PB THIS AFTERNOON AS DEEP
MIXING ALLOWS DRIER AIR TO MIX FARTHER E. SW WINDS OF 20KT AT 85H
WITH DEEP MIXING WILL KICK WINDS UP TO NEAR 20-25 MPH ACRS NW/CNTRL
PB. THE STRONGEST OF THE RF CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN SE NM/GDP MTNS.
SE NM IS OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE PROMINENT 85H THERMAL RIDGE AND
SINGLE DIGIT RH/S INTERSECTING WITH 25KT 85H AND 35KT 7H WINDS.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH DECREASING WIND SPEEDS
OVERNIGHT. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE TERMINAL SHORTLY
AFTER DAYBREAK THURSDAY...WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND
AREAS OF MVFR CLOUDS BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 79 52 55 35 / 10 20 10 20
CARLSBAD NM 85 44 55 30 / 0 10 10 10
DRYDEN TX 79 55 74 44 / 10 10 10 30
FORT STOCKTON TX 87 51 65 33 / 0 10 10 20
GUADALUPE PASS TX 78 37 53 31 / 0 10 10 10
HOBBS NM 80 44 55 31 / 0 10 10 20
MARFA TX 78 34 61 25 / 0 0 10 10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 83 49 56 33 / 0 20 10 20
ODESSA TX 83 49 55 33 / 0 20 10 20
WINK TX 87 47 63 33 / 0 10 10 20
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST
PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY
COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...CRANE...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...
MIDLAND...PECOS...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN
HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...MARFA PLATEAU.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1113 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-081715- 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- 1113 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 /1013 AM MST WED MAR 7 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER HAS RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...STOCKTON PLATEAU...THE MARFA AND BIG BEND AREAS...AND PARTS OF PERMIAN BASIN TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALSO HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS LIKELY ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...STOCKTON PLATAEA AND BIG BEND AREAS THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH POST FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THROUGH THE MORE FAVORED GAPS AND ON RIDGES THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. .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 hours of high winds occurred in Guadalupe Pass, with gusts as high as 66 mph.
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