This is a continuation of the event from the previous day. A series of shortwaves rounding a larger Intermountain West trough brought prolonged westerly strong to high winds to much of southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
This is a continuation of the event from the previous day. A series of shortwaves rounding a larger Intermountain West trough brought prolonged westerly strong to high winds to much of southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
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 5, 2:27 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 327 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, FIRE WEATHER... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Thursday afternoon) Issued at 323 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 After a busy week of unseasonably warm temperatures, a very dry airmass, windy conditions, and consequent critical fire weather, a relatively banal short term forecast is on tap. WV imagery shows the upper trough continuing to eject into the upper Midwest, with a secondary trough set to develop over SoCal/Baja over the next couple of days. To the north, a cold front is moving through the panhandles, and will assist w/the Pac front today in taking afternoon highs below normal. Unfortunately, very dry air remains in place, maintaining an elevated fire weather threat this afternoon for West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Tonight, cool easterly flow and continued dry air will allow overnight mins to drop to at or below normal all but along the river. Thursday, easterly upslope flow continues as the SoCal/Baja trough further strengthens over the Gulf of California. Mostly sunny skies will allow afternoon highs to climb a few degrees above today's, but still remain at or below normal area-wide. Shortwaves calving off the trough in southwest flow aloft will open a window for isolated convection over the lower Tran Pecos...mostly -SHRA. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday night through Tuesday) Issued at 323 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 The long term features quite a turn around from what we've been seeing the last few days as surface flow remains easterly into the weekend, pulling much better moisture into the region. With return flow pushing as far west as the higher terrain Thursday night, some guidance (notably the MAV and MEX) are hinting at some high gap winds at GDP but should be fairly brief in duration. A subtle upper trough across southern AZ/NM Friday could tap into the better moisture to produce some showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms. Models have come into somewhat better agreement on last night with the best chances still staying across the southeastern Permian Basin and lower Trans Pecos. Beyond Friday, precipitation stays hard to come by outside of slight chances across portions of the Big Bend Sunday and Monday afternoon with possible afternoon convection. The added moisture serves to moderate low temperatures through the weekend, staying fairly mild in the upper 50s with some spots only falling into the 60s by mid week. The presence of clouds and precipitation keeps highs stuck in the upper 50s and low 60s on Friday. A warming trend follows that has us back in the upper mid to upper 80s by the beginning of next week as upper level ridging builds in. -Munyan && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1205 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 Winds behind the Pac front will continue to diminish overnight, and veer to north Wednesday as a weak cold front settles in. The general trend Wednesday night is to continue veering to easterly, but winds will be light enough then to sustain some variability. A few high clouds are expected. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 323 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 While there were still plenty of small fires yesterday, we managed to avoid large, uncontrollable wildfires partially due to slightly lower wind gusts thanks to the presence of thick cirrus. With the upper trough lifting into the northern Plains, winds have largely died down for today but very dry conditions remain in place behind the Pacific front. Despite the lack of winds and cooler temperatures today, relative humidity falling well into the single digits this afternoon paired with ERCs still ranging from the 70th to 90th+ percentile, have gone ahead and issued a Rangeland Fire Danger Statement for the entire CWA. After today, easterly upslope flow carrying into the weekend supplies much of the region with improved low-level moisture, even through the daytime periods. This and a lack of strong winds keeps a lid on fire weather into early next week. By Tuesday, a dryline sets back up, sending western zones into critical humidity for the afternoon periods. -Munyan && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 70 43 71 43 / 0 0 10 10 Carlsbad 67 38 72 40 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 75 50 72 50 / 0 0 20 20 Fort Stockton 69 46 73 47 / 0 0 10 10 Guadalupe Pass 60 41 64 41 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 65 37 69 36 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 70 39 72 37 / 0 0 0 10 Midland Intl Airport 69 44 71 44 / 0 0 10 10 Odessa 68 45 71 44 / 0 0 10 10 Wink 68 43 73 44 / 0 0 10 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && SHORT TERM...44 LONG TERM....16 AVIATION...44
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 318 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-060830- 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- 318 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /218 AM MDT Wed Apr 5 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A Rangeland Fire Danger Statement is in effect through late this afternoon for elevated to near-critical fire weather conditions due to very low humidity. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. High wind are possible through Guadalupe Pass Thursday night into Friday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 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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