textproduct: Midland/Odessa

KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 1255 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

- Light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms continue through today. The heaviest showers look to impact locations mainly along and south of I-20. Localized ponding of water may occur in urban/poor drainage areas.

- Cool temperatures (50s to 60s F highs) expected today before temperatures begin to warm back up on Monday. Dry weather is expected for much of the upcoming work week.

SHORT TERM

(This afternoon through Monday night) Issued at 1255 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

Light rain continues across the southern half of the area early this afternoon. Rain has struggled to move north of I-20 as drier air in the mid levels has led to most of it evaporating before reaching the ground. Temperatures remain cool with highs generally in the 50s. The upper low responsible for the rain will continue to weaken as it moves overhead Monday. Light rain showers will be possible through Monday afternoon before the system moves out and drier air filters in. Temperatures will recover a bit into the 60s tomorrow, which is close to normal.

LONG TERM

(Tuesday through Saturday) Issued at 1255 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

Weak ridging builds in midweek along with light westerly surface flow. This will help boost temperatures back into the 70s while also keeping us dry. Flow aloft then transitions to the northwest later in the week allowing for a couple of weak cold fronts to move across the region. Don't look for much change as core of colder air with these stays well to our east.

Our next storm system will arrive on the West Coast early next weekend before heading this direction. This system is expected to weaken before reaching us while maintaining warm conditions. Rain chances increasing slightly (20%) as the system moves through Sunday, but for now, it looks like amounts will stay light.

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1207 PM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

The upper level trough brought showers and low clouds to the region both yesterday and today will continue to very slowly move in our direction this afternoon and into Monday. What that means is that we will continue to see off and on rain showers through at least this evening. Along with the showers we will see MVFR and IFR ceilings. We will see less showers tonight, but some rain is still possible. As the trough creeps closer we will see our ceilings lower tonight and we will see wide spread IFR and maybe occasionally some LIFR ceilings. The clouds and low ceilings look to continue well into Monday as the upper level trough will generally be centered over our region.

Brice

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Big Spring 52 64 54 69 / 20 20 0 0 Carlsbad 47 65 48 69 / 10 0 0 0 Dryden 55 64 54 69 / 90 60 0 0 Fort Stockton 52 65 51 72 / 70 40 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 46 59 47 62 / 20 0 0 0 Hobbs 46 64 50 67 / 10 0 0 0 Marfa 43 62 44 68 / 40 20 10 0 Midland Intl Airport 52 63 53 69 / 40 20 10 0 Odessa 52 63 53 68 / 40 20 10 0 Wink 51 65 52 71 / 50 10 0 0

MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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