A strong shortwave trough moved over the region and resulted in high winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A strong shortwave trough moved over the region and 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 Dec 14, 4:43 AM MST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
543 AM CST Sun Dec 14 2014
.DISCUSSION...
Please see the 12z aviation forecast below.
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.AVIATION...
Surface winds will shift to the west and become gusty at TAF
locations as a Pacific front moves across the area. Clearing skies
are expected across the area with VFR conditions.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 AM CST Sun Dec 14 2014/
DISCUSSION...
A strong upper trough will sweep across the area today. Will get
very little rainfall with this system and mainly wind. After this
trough passes east will have brief ridging aloft before another
strong trough swings across the western states on Tuesday. As this
trough approaches rain chances will increase across the area
beginning mid week.
Have a screaming LLJ out of the south this morning with 50kt winds
1000ft off the deck with gusts close to 30kts at the surface.
Currently some meager showers over the northern Permian Basin and
Lea Co. After sunrise any developing showers/storms should be
limited to the NE Permian Basin and quickly leave the area. Low
clouds remain over the east with high dewpts but not much fog.
A Pacific front will move through this morning with a brisk west wind
behind it scouring out the low level moisture. As of 09z can see a
boundary in Ector Co. rapidly moving east but this may not be the
front as Wink behind it still has a south wind. Wind shift looks to
be farther back to the west with very gusty west winds across SE NM.
Will continue the high wind warning for the Guadalupe Mountains today
and the wind advisory for Culberson Co. Will also add Eddy Co. and
northern and central Lea Co. to the advisory. Could see some
blowing dust during the afternoon mainly for SE NM and NW Permian
Basin or anywhere there is plowed fields.
High temperatures will be cooler in the 60s today behind the Pac front
but still well above normal. Monday had been more clear cut with
the surface ridge pushing a polar front through the area but now
there is disagreement in the models showing an erratic wind field.
It appears the cooler air may be delayed to after the wind shift.
Either way it appears that by Tuesday it will now be cooler and
closer to normal with highs in the 50s. These cooler readings look
to extend through the end of the week with highs in the 50s north
and 60s south.
Rain chances return again beginning Wednesday with the next upper
trough and continue through Friday. Currently 2014 at MAF is 7th on
the list of all time driest years... will take a good rain to knock us
out of the top 10.
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.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING until 7 PM MST this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County.
WIND ADVISORY until 5 PM MST this afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County Plains...Northern
Lea County.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING until 7 PM MST this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains.
WIND ADVISORY until 6 PM CST this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor.
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http://weather.gov/midlandHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 513 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151115- 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- 513 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 /413 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY. BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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