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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 525 PM CST Tue Jan 27 2026 - Temperatures gradually warm up through Thursday. Cold wind chills in the single digits to teens expected Wednesday morning.

- Slick spots on the roads may be seen again tonight as temperatures drop back below freezing.

- Another potential shot of cold air is in store late work week into the weekend.

SHORT TERM

(This afternoon through Wednesday night) Issued at 104 PM CST Tue Jan 27 2026

Temperatures finally begin to warm up today as zonal flow aloft and southwesterly to westerly downslope flow at the surface returns to the area. This yields afternoon highs in the 40s across the northern half of our CWA and 50s further south. Tonight, winds remain light and shift northwesterly as surface low pressure passes to the north and surface high pressure builds into the area from the central plains afterwards. With that said, overnight lows are forecast to be 6-8 degrees warmer than the previous night's due to an increase in cloud cover. Despite increased cloud cover, afternoon highs warm another 4-8 degrees Wednesday as an upper-level ridge moves over west Texas and southeast New Mexico, bringing northwesterly flow aloft. Cloud cover and southwesterly winds bring Wednesday night's lows up 9-12 degrees from previous night's, with overnight lows in the mid 20s to low 30s across the northern half of our CWA (mid 30s to low 40s further south). Greening

LONG TERM

(Thursday through Monday) Issued at 104 PM CST Tue Jan 27 2026

The long-term begins with a disturbance moving across the TX Panhandle into Oklahoma on Thursday. This disturbance sends a cold front to the region by the morning to afternoon hours. Cold air behind the front will lag and with northwest flow aloft, high temperatures are forecast to be in the upper 40s and 50s for areas along and north of I-10, while warmer temperatures in the 60s to mid 70s south of this corridor. As the disturbance moves further east, strong surface high pressure begins to build in from the Northern Plains resulting in slightly cooler temperatures compared with Thursday. Guidance during this time shows a McFarland Signature where a positively-tilted upper-level trough is prevalent over the northern CONUS, while another trough located in the southern/southwestern CONUS. This signature indicates cold Canadian air is expected to be ushered into the southern CONUS. Our latest cold snap and winter weather event this past weekend resulted from a similar upper- level pattern. Luckily, no precipitation and not as cold air is expected given the southern trough will not be as strong as what was observed last weekend. The colder air looks to arrive in the region Saturday with low temperatures forecast in the upper teens to low 30s. Saturday highs are forecast in the upper 30s to low 50s, though guidance has been trending downward in these temperatures. Northwest flow aloft from an approaching upper ridge, coinciding with surface southerly winds warms the region back to near normal by early next week.

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AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 525 PM CST Tue Jan 27 2026

VFR conditions are forecast to continue across area terminals through the period with light winds. Patchy freezing fog could potentially develop in a few spots again late tonight into early Wednesday morning, but confidence in occurrence is currently too low to mention in the TAF products.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Big Spring 16 48 27 55 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 19 45 26 51 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 26 60 32 67 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 24 53 33 57 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 28 43 33 47 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 17 48 27 52 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 22 58 30 60 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 20 49 30 55 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 20 48 31 55 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 18 47 27 55 / 0 0 0 0

MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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