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332 FXUS64 KLUB 020537 AFDLUB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1237 AM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 143 PM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024 Dry warm weather will prevail for the reminder of the day and into the evening hours with low temperatures dropping into the 70s area wide. Tomorrow the heat returns along with chances for precipitaion across our northwestern counties. At the start of Tuesday the FA will find itself on the northwestern edge of a very elongated mid-level high that will eventually engulf the Gulf Coast. In this position a stream of moist air will be ushered back into the area under southwesterly surface flow. The lack of strong synoptic lift and the limited moisture profile will keep most of the area dry, but a few weak disturbances in the main flow will contribute to convection northwest of a line from Denver City to Childress by early tomorrow afternoon. In general PoPs for this period remain capped between 15%- 20%. Storms that develop will have likely be accompanied by lightning and strong wind gusts. The concern for the Rolling Plains will be the heat. High temperatures in the mid 100s (with dew points in the 60s) will lead to heat indices at heat advisory criteria Tuesday afternoon. Have gone ahead and issued a heat advisory for the far eastern column of the Rolling Plains with the understanding that it might need to be expanded westward on the overnight shift. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday night through next Sunday) Issued at 143 PM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024 We should see similar conditions to Tuesday across the forecast area on Wednesday. The upper-high will continue to flatten and shift east in response to the a series of short-wave troughs progressing from the Rocky Mtn region into the Nrn and Central Plains. Mid-level moisture funneled in-between the ridge and the waves will brush our northwest counties and bring a chance of t-storms to the far southwest Texas Panhandle and northwest South Plains late Wednesday, lingering into Wednesday night, and perhaps . Wednesday`s temperatures back back off a degree or two and at this time it looks like the Rolling Plains will remain shy of heat advisory criteria with highs below 105. A cold front will be heading toward the forecast area on Thursday but currently it is not forecast to arrive until evening, so it will be another hot day. However, with the ridge replaced by troughing aloft, and higher amounts of mid-level moisture, we expect to see an increase in shower and t-storm activity across the area late Thursday into Thursday night. It`s still too early to pin down the details with the position of the front and the relatively narrow mid-level moisture plume, but it appears that 4th of July fireworks may have to compete with nature`s fireworks Thursday night, as the activity could linger into the night given the influence of the front and the trough. The particulars of the forecast are difficult to pin down for Friday, but at least we are confident that it will be cooler, with highs mainly in the 80s to low 90s. The best rain chances may temporarily shift to the south along the front, however, the strongest lift associated with the trough will be across the north so for now we will continue with a chance of rain across the whole forecast area. For the weekend into early next week, it looks like a strong ridge will set up along the West Coast, with a broad trough across the nation`s midsection. This should bring a northwest flow pattern aloft across our area. While temperatures will rebound from the relatively cool Friday, this pattern should keep the area from really heating up again (highs mainly in the 90s) and should also bring some additional rain chances through the period tied to the timing of disturbances coming through the northwest flow. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1233 AM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024 VFR conditions will prevail through this TAF period. Southerly winds will remain breezy early this morning before a slight lull around sunrise. However by mid morning south southwesterly winds will increase once again with sustained winds around 15 kts and gusts to 25 kts. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop late this afternoon and evening near and west of LBB and PVW. Confidence on one of these storms impacting the terminals remains too low at this time to include a prevailing mention in the TAF. Check density altitude. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening for TXZ026-032-038-044. && $$ SHORT TERM...28 LONG TERM....33 AVIATION...58