Gusty northeast winds behind a strong cold front resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Gusty northeast winds behind a strong cold front 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 Apr 23, 4:29 PM MST, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
629 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013
.DISCUSSION...
&&
.AVIATION...
LOW CLOUDS HAVE RECEDED DURING THE DAY BUT MAY RETURN TONIGHT WITH
MVFR CIGS MAINLY ACROSS THE EAST. EXPECT GUSTY E/NE WIND TO DROP
OFF AFTER SUNSET BUT THEN PICK UP AGAIN BY MIDNIGHT AS SURFACE
RIDGE PUSHES SOUTH.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 251 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013/
DISCUSSION...
MUCH COOLER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. ANOTHER REINFORCING SURGE OF
COOLER AIR IS SCHEDULED TO PLUNGE SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. WIND
SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN ELEVATED OVERNIGHT DUE TO THIS SURGE AND
THIS SHOULD KEEP MOST AREAS FROM FREEZING. THIS SURGE WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EXTREME EASTERN
PERMIAN BASIN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MUCH BELOW NORMAL
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA
BUILDS INTO THE AREA. A WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH SHEARING
NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST LATE THURSDAY INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS COULD PROVIDE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS LATE THURSDAY. MUCH WARMER AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE EXPANDS EASTWARD WITH
A DRY SURFACE TROUGH.
ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ABOVE A DRYLINE IS FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO
MONITOR FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE DRYLINE
ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 106 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241815- 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- 106 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013 /1206 PM MDT TUE APR 23 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG GAP WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. ALSO A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 40-47 mph occurred in Guadalupe Pass behind a strong cold front.
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