A large trough across the southwestern US brought westerly high winds across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A large trough across the southwestern US brought westerly high winds across 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 Nov 8, 2:21 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 221 AM CST Wed Nov 8 2023 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Thursday afternoon) Issued at 220 AM CST Wed Nov 8 2023 WV imagery shows the upper trough extending from Manitoba to California, leaving southwest flow aloft over West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. At the surface, southwest winds continue to decouple. However, surface troughing in the Central Plains today will veer winds to westerly, and winds will increase by late morning, providing one more day of pleasant temperatures before the cold front hits. Despite downslope warming today, thicknesses come down w/the approaching trough, and highs should come a degree or so cooler than yesterday, w/increasing high clouds to help mitigate things. Tonight, the much-advertised cold front arrives, w/the latest NAM pegging fropa at KMAF ~ 06Z. By 12Z, the front should extend from north of Van Horn to northern Terrell County. Forecast soundings show minimal instability w/the front, but enough for rain showers beginning around 06Z and even a little thunder over the lower Trans Pecos. Drizzle will be possible, as well. Thursday, buffer soundings suggest that anything along/north of the front will have already seen their highs by 12Z, w/steady or falling temperatures the rest of the day. W/this in mind, we've used a lower percentile of NBM to capture this temperature trend. Showers/drizzle will increase across the area, mainly south with the front, and as the upper trough approaches. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday night through Tuesday) Issued at 220 AM CST Wed Nov 8 2023 Upper pattern Thursday night starts with a trough extending down across CO and AZ with SW flow across the region. This trough will weaken as it pushes across NM Friday into the Panhandle. On Saturday a cut off low will develop west of Baja and slowly roll east moving into Nrn Mexico Monday and open up into a trough as it moves across W TX Tuesday. Temperatures Thursday night will be chilly in post frontal conditions with some lows in the 30s across the north with 40s for most of the region and some 50s along the Rio Grande. Not expecting much warming Friday under cloudy skies with highs only in the 50s for most of the region. Another cool morning Saturday before warming into the 60s during the afternoon. A little warmer Sunday before a weak back door front pushes through the region knocking highs back into the 50s and 60s Monday. Tuesday begins a slow warm up with readings returning to near normal by Wednesday. Rain showers are likely Thursday night along and south of the Pecos River with a chance extending northward across the rest of the area. Could see some lingering showers Friday morning but the event will be ending. Nothing expected Saturday and Sunday but a chance of rain, mainly south, returns to the forecast Sunday night and Monday with some lingering rain possible Monday night. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 922 PM CST Tue Nov 7 2023 VFR conditions will prevail next 24 hours. Southwest surface flow will veer to west and increase Wednesday ahead of the front. High clouds will begin to increase. Latest NAM puts fropa at KHOB ~ 04Z Thursday, but at other terminals 06Z or after. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 89 47 51 42 / 0 10 40 40 Carlsbad 85 45 51 42 / 0 10 40 40 Dryden 87 60 69 48 / 0 20 60 60 Fort Stockton 90 53 59 43 / 0 20 50 50 Guadalupe Pass 78 46 49 40 / 0 20 40 50 Hobbs 84 43 47 40 / 0 10 30 40 Marfa 83 50 60 40 / 0 20 50 50 Midland Intl Airport 89 48 51 43 / 0 10 40 50 Odessa 88 49 52 43 / 0 10 40 50 Wink 90 49 55 43 / 0 10 40 50 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && SHORT TERM...44 LONG TERM....72 AVIATION...44
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 220 AM CST Wed Nov 8 2023 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-090830- 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- 220 AM CST Wed Nov 8 2023 /120 AM MST Wed Nov 8 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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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