A belt of powerful westerly winds within a progressive jet stream caused high winds across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
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A belt of powerful westerly winds within a progressive jet stream caused 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 24, 5:19 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 519 AM CST Sun Nov 24 2024 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 513 AM CST Sun Nov 24 2024 - Very warm temperatures between 15 to 20 degrees above normal Sunday afternoon - A cold front is expected on Monday, with a stronger cold front expected on Thursday - There is high (70-90%) confidence in below normal temperatures across much of the region for the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday. && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Monday afternoon) Issued at 217 AM CST Sun Nov 24 2024 It is shaping up to be a very warm end to the weekend. Modest moisture return this morning is keeping temperatures relatively mild as many remain well into the 40s and 50s by sunrise. This warm weather continues into this afternoon as a passing weather system to our north causes breezy southwesterly winds across the region. These warm, downsloping winds combined with mostly sunny skies push temperatures nearly 20 degrees above normal. Most locations see 80s return with upper 70s elsewhere. With a very warm afternoon, another mild night can be expected. Temperatures in the 50s are going to be common to start the week during Monday morning. Change will be on the horizon by Monday afternoon. As the passing weather system continues to lift to the northeast, a cold front sinks south through the region behind it. By the middle of the afternoon this cold front should be near the Pecos River Valley. Areas to the north of the front across much of the Permian Basin see cooler temperatures in the 60s and even some 50s. Ahead of the front, warm temperatures hold on for one more day, with 70s and even 80s continuing for now. -Chehak && .LONG TERM... (Monday night through Saturday) Issued at 217 AM CST Sun Nov 24 2024 The remainder of the cooler weather settles into the region to start the long-term forecast period. While everyone should remain above freezing, temperatures in the 30s and low 40s are going to be a common sight to start the day on Tuesday. By the afternoon, sunny skies allow for a good warm-up back to near normal temperatures in the mid 60s and low 70s. Our next weather system begins to approach the southern Great Plains by the middle of the week. Strengthening southwesterly winds make a return early on Wednesday resulting in a mild start to the day. Temperatures will then continue to warm quickly through the afternoon. Widespread gusty southwest winds and plentiful sunshine result in temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal once again. Thankfully, this is going to be short-lived as it was earlier in the week. As another weather system passes and lifts northeast from the region, another cold front sags south through the area. There is high (70-90%) confidence in below normal temperatures making an appearance for the Thanksgiving holiday as afternoon temperatures remain in the 50s and low 60s for many. This may similarly result in near freezing temperatures across a bulk of the region on Black Friday with below normal temperatures continuing into Friday afternoon. A gradual warming trend then takes over into the following weekend. With both weather systems remaining well to the north of the region, zero rain chances continue for our area. -Chehak && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 513 AM CST Sun Nov 24 2024 VFR conditions remain across the region and will continue into Monday. Lights winds will gradually become southwesterly at all terminals through the remainder of the morning. Breezy southwest winds with low-end gusts develop this afternoon for all terminals. Winds remain southwesterly but weaken around sunset this evening with the loss of daytime mixing. -Chehak && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 82 50 61 33 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 80 52 69 38 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 81 51 82 42 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 87 56 76 39 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 70 51 65 40 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 78 48 63 34 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 78 46 73 39 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 82 52 65 35 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 81 53 65 36 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 83 48 70 34 / 0 0 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && SHORT TERM...91 LONG TERM....91 AVIATION...91
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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