S. longwave trough brought southwesterly high winds to the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A shortwave trough embedded inside a broad Central U.S. longwave trough brought southwesterly high winds to the Guadalupe and Delaware 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 Jan 17, 5:37 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
537 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022
...New AVIATION...
.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 535 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022
VFR continues through the period. Westerly winds will increase by
afternoon with gust near 30 kts possible.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Tuesday night)
Issued at 230 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022
Highs will remain on the warm side for SE NM and West TX under a
modest mid-level ridge presence over the southern plains. Highs will
generally be in the 60s with 70s popping up along the I-10 corridor
down to the Rio Grande valley. Progressive shortwave off the Baja
coast will haul eastward with a flattening of the ridge and
increased zonal flow for Tuesday. A 700mb height gradient indicates
a windier setup for tomorrow with a modest mid-level jet max
cruising over the area beginning tomorrow afternoon. Given the
magnitude of the jet and favorable mixing, areas within the
Guadalupe's and Delaware's will be favorable for a period of high
winds during peak diurnal mixing. Previous high wind watch has been
upgraded to a warning as a result of the favorable conditions.
Elsewhere, expect windy conditions out of the W/SW pretty much
areawide tomorrow with borderline advisory criteria speeds over the
NW portion of the forecast area. Coupled with dry RHs and critically
dry fuels, a near-critical to critical fire weather threat will
exist during the afternoon time frame for the northern 1/3rd of the
region (See fire weather disco below).
Winds will decay after sunset with the loss of deep layer mixing,
but not before the prime down-sloping component of the winds help
bump temps into the 70s for a majority of the region. Given the
forecasted positioning of the low-level thermal ridge, the eastern
Permian Basin down to the Lower Trans-Pecos will trend the warmest
tomorrow with avg 15-20 degrees above-normal for the corridor. Lows
will be on the mild side overnight due to persistently warm boundary
layer temps and southerly winds keeping temps above the freezing
mark for basically everyone, except Marfa/Tatum due to better
decoupling factors. Cold front will flirt with the northern tier of
the forecast area by the end of the short term cycle.
&&
.LONG TERM...
(Wednesday through Sunday)
Issued at 230 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022
On Wednesday a broad trough with embedded shortwaves will stretch
from the Panhandle westward to CA. The back of this trough will
move into AZ and NM Wednesday night and Thursday with the tail of
the trough moving south into Mexico Friday. A stronger trough will
move down across the Rockies Friday developing a cut off low over AZ
Friday night that moves into Nrn Mexico Saturday.
Very cold air coming as an Arctic front hits Wednesday afternoon
with a gusty N wind... have bumped up wind speeds slightly and
lowered high temps a bit. Temps will be falling through the
afternoon Wednesday with highs in the 40s north... 50s central...
with 60s and 70s south of the Pecos. Lows Thursday morning and
Friday morning down into the teens across the north with 20s central
and 30s farther south. These low temps combined with a NE wind will
result in low chill factors down into the single digits north of a
HOB to BPG line Thursday morning. Highs Thursday only warm to the
30s and 40s... warming into the 40s and 50s Friday and Saturday.
Temps finally warm back to near normal Monday.
Do have a chance of precipitation starting Wednesday and continuing
through Thursday night. To be clear expecting only low precip
totals of anything that falls but could get some snow... may be more
flurries. Thursday morning looks to be the best chance of snow and
expecting little to no accumulation except for the higher elevations.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Big Spring 41 75 43 50 / 0 0 0 0
Carlsbad 43 70 41 57 / 0 0 0 0
Dryden 40 78 48 72 / 0 0 0 0
Fort Stockton 46 75 47 62 / 0 0 0 0
Guadalupe Pass 42 59 41 52 / 0 0 0 0
Hobbs 37 70 38 47 / 0 0 0 0
Marfa 32 67 35 59 / 0 0 0 0
Midland Intl Airport 38 74 44 52 / 0 0 0 0
Odessa 42 73 45 53 / 0 0 0 0
Wink 38 73 41 59 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday
evening for Andrews-Borden-Dawson-Ector-Gaines-Glasscock-
Howard-Loving-Martin-Midland-Mitchell-Scurry-Ward-Winkler.
High Wind Warning from noon CST /11 AM MST/ to 8 PM CST /7 PM
MST/ Tuesday for Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
NM...Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday morning through Tuesday
afternoon for Chaves Plains-Eddy Plains-Lea.
High Wind Warning from 11 AM to 7 PM MST Tuesday for Guadalupe
Mountains of Eddy County.
&&
SHORT TERM...87
LONG TERM....72
AVIATION...29Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 229 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-182030- 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- 229 PM CST Mon Jan 17 2022 /129 PM MST Mon Jan 17 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday High Wind Warning in effect for the Guadalupe and Delaware mountains Tuesday afternoon for a strong westerly wind. Near critical fire weather conditions are expected for Southeast New Mexico and portions of the Permian Basin Tuesday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect. Be prepared for bitter cold wind chills down into the single digits and teens Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. 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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