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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 1249 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025

- Above normal temperatures are expected through Saturday before a stronger cold front (briefly) brings much cooler temperatures on Sunday.

- Dry conditions persist through the next several days.

SHORT TERM

(This afternoon through Saturday night) Issued at 1249 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025

A weak cold front has pretty much cleared our region. Winds may be breezy and have a northerly component, but you wouldn't otherwise notice the front given temperatures ranging in the 60s and 70s. Lows tonight dip into the 30s and 40s. Temperatures rebound into the 70s Saturday as an upper ridge's axis moves closer from our west and lee troughing turns winds back out of the west/southwest. The warmth comes to an end as an upper low just north of the Great Lakes helps usher Arctic air down into the southern states. A cold front looks to push in Saturday evening through early Sunday morning. With the front, northeasterly winds become breezy, with stronger winds expected in the gaps of the Guadalupe Mountains. Winds could reach high wind criteria for a brief moment, but confidence in exact speed and duration of winds remains too low to issue a High Wind Warning at this time. Sunday morning, temperatures are forecast to chill into the upper 20s across some of our northern counties, 30s for most everyone else, and 40s in our southernmost counties.

LONG TERM

(Sunday through Thursday) Issued at 1249 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025

Cold temperatures kick off the long term period, thanks to strong cold air advection and broken to overcast skies behind the front Sunday afternoon. Breezy to gusty (15-25 mph sustained with gusts up to 30-35 mph) northeasterly winds are anticipated across the area Sunday morning. Highs are expected to span in the 40s to low 50s for most locations, while low temperatures Monday morning are forecast to reach the upper 20s to upper 30s. The cold weather does not last long as the upper-level ridge axis builds over the region beginning early next week with temperatures rebounding in the upper 50s to 70s. Both Monday and Tuesday looks to have breezy winds as lee troughing sets up to our west, while a surface high will be off to the east. Heading into the middle and latter half of next week, cluster analysis hints at consistent quasi zonal flow aloft promoting warm downsloping winds. This is going to keep the region warm and dry for the foreseeable future.

Lamberson

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1112 AM CST Fri Dec 12 2025

VFR conditions persist through the period. A cold front is kicking up breezy/gusty northwesterly and northeasterly winds that should taper down a little after sunset.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Big Spring 36 73 32 43 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 37 76 36 48 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 43 76 45 54 / 0 0 0 10 Fort Stockton 40 76 39 46 / 0 0 0 10 Guadalupe Pass 42 66 36 44 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 35 73 30 46 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 32 72 33 52 / 0 0 0 10 Midland Intl Airport 37 71 34 44 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 38 71 35 44 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 36 74 36 44 / 0 0 0 0

MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...None. NM...None.