High Wind in Texas, December 14, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
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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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX                 62  33  61  31  /  10   0   0   0
BIG SPRING TX              64  35  62  33  /  10   0   0   0
CARLSBAD NM                63  32  64  33  /  10   0   0   0
DRYDEN TX                  69  40  68  40  /  10   0   0   0
FORT STOCKTON TX           66  37  65  37  /  10   0   0   0
GUADALUPE PASS TX          53  32  55  35  /  10   0   0   0
HOBBS NM                   61  31  61  31  /  10   0   0   0
MARFA TX                   59  25  62  26  /  10   0   0   0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    63  33  62  31  /  10   0   0   0
ODESSA TX                  62  33  63  31  /  10   0   0   0
WINK TX                    65  33  66  30  /  10   0   0   0

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING from 9 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this
     evening FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains of
     Eddy County.

     WIND ADVISORY from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM MST this afternoon
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County
     Plains...Northern Lea County.

TX...HIGH WIND WARNING from 9 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this
     evening FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... Guadalupe Mountains.

     WIND ADVISORY from Noon today to 6 PM CST this evening FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES... Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
236 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-142045-
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-
236 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2014 /136 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF...HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS NORTH OF THE REGION
SUNDAY...AND RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THERE IS ALSO A WIND ADVISORY
IN EFFECT FOR VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.

.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