S. and into the southern plains causing strong winds in the Guadalupe Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A fast moving upper trough moved across the southwestern U.S. and into the southern plains causing strong 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 30, 5:18 AM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
618 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020
.DISCUSSION...
See aviation discussion below.
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.AVIATION...
VFR conditions with just some high clouds are expected at the west
Texas and southeast New Mexico terminals the next 24 hours.
Southeast to southwest winds of 5 to 15 mph will become westerly
at 20 to 35 mph and gusty by afternoon. The winds should diminish
to 10 to 15 mph after sunset and skies clear.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 258 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020/
DISCUSSION...
Current satellite shows a great deal of Pacific moisture and high
cloud cover streaming over the area this morning. This will keep
winds modest this morning but these clouds will move east this
afternoon, allowing for plenty of mixing and windy conditions
across much of the CWA. An upper trough will move east into the
Central Plains this afternoon bringing a pacific cold front that
will affect mainly wind direction and speed, though not much with
temperatures due to a severely modified air mass crossing the
Rockies from the West Coast.
Yet another cold front moves through the area Friday, and having
better access to Canadian air will have more of an affect on
temperatures dropping them back below normal for the weekend. A
quick return of southeasterly gulf air overriding northeasterly
surface flow will generate enough lift and moisture to provide a
low chance for rainfall behind the front in the eastern Permian
Basin and lower Trans Pecos through the weekend as well.
Hennig
FIRE WEATHER...
A strong upper level storm system will move across the Southern
Plains today bringing windy to very windy and very dry conditions
to west Texas and southeast New Mexico. At the same time fuels
continue to dry with ERC values expected to range from the 50 to
65th percentile across much of west Texas (except the eastern
Permian Basin) and the southeast New Mexico Plains to around the
50th percentile across the Guadalupe Mountains. RFTI values will
generally range from 5 to 8. Will go ahead and upgrade the
remaining watch area to a Red Flag Warning for today into early
this evening which would include all of the southeast New Mexico
Plains, Guadalupe and Davis Mountains, Trans Pecos, Big Bend and
western Permian Basin. Will expand the warning a row further east
into the central Permian Basin to include Lamesa, Midland and
Crane as warning criteria will likely be met in those areas as
well. Conditions will improve early this evening as winds diminish
significantly due to nocturnal cooling. Poor to fair overnight rh
recovery is expected Tuesday morning. Conditions are expected to
improve Tuesday and Wednesday as winds diminish despite dry
conditions persisting. By next Thursday fire weather concerns will
increase again as drying persists and westerly surface winds
increase again.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Big Spring 79 48 74 52 / 10 0 0 0
Carlsbad 76 45 77 53 / 0 0 0 0
Dryden 88 54 83 56 / 0 0 0 0
Fort Stockton 80 49 77 55 / 0 0 0 0
Guadalupe Pass 64 44 69 52 / 0 0 0 0
Hobbs 74 44 75 50 / 0 0 0 0
Marfa 74 39 77 46 / 0 0 0 0
Midland Intl Airport 79 49 77 54 / 0 0 0 0
Odessa 79 48 77 54 / 0 0 0 0
Wink 80 46 79 53 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...Red Flag Warning from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM MDT this
evening for Chavez Plains-Eddy Plains-Lea-Sacramento
Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains.
Wind Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MDT this evening
for Central Lea County-Eddy County Plains-Northern Lea
County-Southern Lea County.
High Wind Warning from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MDT this
evening for Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County.
TX...Red Flag Warning from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ today to 9 PM CDT /8
PM MDT/ this evening for Andrews-Central Brewster County-
Chinati Mountains-Chisos Basin-Crane-Davis Mountains-Davis
Mountains Foothills-Dawson-Eastern Culberson County-Ector-
Gaines-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and
Delaware Mountains-Loving-Lower Brewster County-Marfa
Plateau-Martin-Midland-Pecos-Presidio Valley-Reeves County
Plains-Upton-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Ward-Winkler.
Wind Advisory from noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening for
Andrews-Crane-Davis Mountains-Davis Mountains Foothills-
Dawson-Eastern Culberson County-Ector-Gaines-Loving-Marfa
Plateau-Martin-Midland-Reeves County Plains-Van Horn and
Highway 54 Corridor-Ward-Winkler.
High Wind Warning from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MDT this
evening for Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe
and Delaware Mountains.
&&
99/99/12Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 252 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-310800- 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-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 252 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020 /152 AM MDT Mon Mar 30 2020/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A High Wind Warning is in effect for the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains from late this morning through early this evening. A Wind Advisory is in effect from late this morning through early this evening for the southeast New Mexico Plains, upper Trans Pecos, Van Horn Highway 54 Corridor, Davis Mountains, Marfa Plateau, and western and central Permian Basin of west Texas. Critical fire weather conditions are expected across southeast New Mexico and much of west Texas from late this morning through early this evening. A Red Flag Warning is in effect. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday 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... https://weather.gov/midland
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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