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286 FXUS64 KEPZ 050524 AFDEPZ Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 1124 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 208 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Thunderstorms will continue to be an almost daily occurrence for the next 7 days with the exception of Sunday which looks dry. Temperatures will remain near normal each day, again except Sunday when the dry air allows highs to get back above 100 degrees for the lowlands. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 208 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Overall, the models in decent agreement through the period with upper air pattern showing upper high over the West Coast shifting very slowly eastward. The upper air pattern keeps us in some kind of northerly component through the period. Tonight thunderstorm activity looks to remain over the far east where we have some low level convergence, but can`t rule out an outflow heading west that could trigger some isolated storms into El Paso County. A few showers may lift up into Hidalgo County as well. For Friday, easterly flow will keep some modest moisture over the area and storms will develop over the Sacs and outflows pushing south and west will trigger additional storms at least east of the Rio Grande, but think a few could fire on the Blacks and push SW but with lesser coverage. Highs tomorrow will be about the same or slightly cooler than today with most lowland areas remaining below 100 degrees. Not much different for Saturday except western areas will see a little greater storm coverage as there will be better low level moisture pushing in from the east. Sunday looks to be a down day as flow turns more NW through a deep layer and moisture mixes out with dew points dropping into the 30s for much of the CWA. This will also be the hottest day of the period with high temperatures into the 100-108 range across the lowlands. Upper flow turns almost straight northerly for Mon/Tue with a nice trough moving through the Plains into the Great Lakes which brings a low level easterly flow back to the area. The models do differ on the strength of this push with the operational GFS very strong with the NE to E push Monday and keeping it in Tue while the EC keeps a weaker push just into the eastern areas Mon and not much better as the moisture remains shallow for Tue. Operational GFS is on the extreme for cooler/more moist air arriving compared to it`s ensemble mean and the EC Ensemble. Will go more toward the mean as far as temps and pops go. Should still see scattered(40-50% coverage in the Sacs with lesser in the Gila) develop with more isolated storms on the lowlands later in the day. Temperatures will fall off some with most areas struggling to reach much above 100 degrees. Little change for Wed/Thu except that the moisture will have had more time to push east and coverage looks more focused out west by midweek. Even though we have an E to SE low level flow, it`s not a good `monsoonal` pattern with the northerly flow aloft and the trajectories at the low levels never come directly off the Gulf of Mexico. PW`s for next week really don`t get above about 1-1.2" with the drier air aloft around. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1124 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024 We continue to have lots of mid and high clouds across the region. The closer you get to the International Border the more likely to see some mid and high ceilings of BKN120-250. The clouds will become less and less, so that we will see unlimited ceilings for most of the morning on Friday. There will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms on Friday, mainly east of the Rio Grande. It is a little too early to tell, but we could have some MVFR ceilings or visibilities associated with the thunderstorms on Friday. Tonight`s winds will be light from the east. Those east will get a little stronger during the day on Friday and we could see some low end gusty winds Friday afternoon. I haven`t mentioned thunder in the TAF`s at this time, but we will update TAF`s as storms develop. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 208 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Daily showers and thunderstorms will continue through Saturday with temperatures near normal during this time. RH`s will be in the mid teens to around 30%, but winds will remain light. A dry air intrusion moves in for Sunday with northwest flow moving in briefly. Temperatures will get above 100 degrees for most of the lowlands with RH`s into the single digits to lower teens most area. Moisture pushes back in Mon/Tue with daily storm chances resuming, starting moreso out east and then pushing west later in the period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... El Paso 80 99 76 100 / 20 50 40 20 Sierra Blanca 73 91 71 92 / 50 60 40 30 Las Cruces 71 98 71 97 / 20 30 30 20 Alamogordo 68 95 66 95 / 10 40 30 20 Cloudcroft 53 69 52 71 / 10 70 30 40 Truth or Consequences 70 97 69 95 / 0 20 20 20 Silver City 64 93 66 90 / 20 30 20 40 Deming 69 100 70 98 / 10 30 30 20 Lordsburg 69 99 69 99 / 20 20 30 30 West El Paso Metro 78 97 74 97 / 20 40 40 20 Dell City 72 95 69 95 / 20 50 50 20 Fort Hancock 73 97 71 99 / 40 60 40 20 Loma Linda 71 89 68 90 / 20 60 50 20 Fabens 74 98 72 99 / 30 50 40 20 Santa Teresa 73 95 72 97 / 20 40 40 20 White Sands HQ 74 95 72 97 / 20 50 30 30 Jornada Range 63 96 63 96 / 10 50 30 20 Hatch 66 99 66 98 / 10 30 30 30 Columbus 72 99 73 97 / 20 30 40 20 Orogrande 74 93 69 94 / 10 50 30 20 Mayhill 58 78 59 82 / 10 70 30 50 Mescalero 56 81 56 82 / 10 70 30 40 Timberon 57 79 54 80 / 20 70 30 40 Winston 58 88 57 88 / 0 30 20 30 Hillsboro 68 95 63 93 / 10 30 30 30 Spaceport 60 95 61 95 / 0 30 30 30 Lake Roberts 51 92 55 91 / 10 30 30 40 Hurley 65 96 63 93 / 10 30 30 30 Cliff 60 102 61 99 / 10 30 30 30 Mule Creek 57 99 59 96 / 10 20 20 30 Faywood 66 92 65 91 / 20 30 30 30 Animas 68 100 69 98 / 20 30 30 30 Hachita 68 98 68 97 / 20 20 40 20 Antelope Wells 67 99 68 97 / 20 40 50 30 Cloverdale 64 94 66 93 / 20 40 30 30 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...Heat Advisory until midnight MDT tonight for TXZ418-419-423-424. NM...Flood Watch from Friday afternoon through Friday evening for NMZ415-416. && $$ FORECASTER...34-Brown