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KEY MESSAGES
Updated at 511 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026
- Mild daytime temperatures (60s to 70s F highs) and chilly nighttime temperatures (40s to 50s F lows) this week.
SHORT TERM
(Today through Thursday afternoon) Issued at 101 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026
Seasonal temperatures continue in the short term. Southerly winds return today but are only recirculating cool air around surface high pressure east of the area keeping temps unchanged. An upper trough moving through the western U.S. pushes a cold front through the area on Thursday. Colder air behind the front will be lagging to the north so highs Thursday will remain unchanged from today.
LONG TERM
(Thursday night through Tuesday) Issued at 101 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026
Typical for an El Nino year, there is a split jet with the southern stream sitting across the U.S./Mexico border this week. Thus even though the air behind the cold front is unusually cold, there will be no ridge moving in to increase temperatures. Temps behind the front will be below normal and a slow increase through next week will only get the back to normal by next Wednesday.
It will be mostly dry next week, with the exception of this weekend when a second low moves into the central plains. Lift from the low and an associated jet max over West Texas will create scattered showers to form mainly in the Big Bend though a few strays could reach as far north as the I-20 corridor. Little rainfall is expected from this activity before drier air returns next week.
Hennig
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS) Issued at 511 AM CST Wed Nov 4 2026
VFR conditions and light winds continue the next 24 hours.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Big Spring 74 53 72 45 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 74 51 67 44 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 75 53 80 51 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 79 54 76 46 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 71 49 66 43 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 71 49 66 41 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 76 49 76 44 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 73 52 71 45 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 73 52 71 45 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 77 52 74 44 / 0 0 0 0
MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...None. NM...None.
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