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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 621 AM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026

- Above normal temperatures and drier conditions return through the week.

SHORT TERM

(Today through Tuesday afternoon) Issued at 135 AM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026

The Short Term forecast remains on track. An upper-level ridge is strengthening over the Desert Southwest this morning. As a result, highs are back near or above the century mark across most of west Texas and southeast New Mexico today and Tuesday. Increasing subsidence and drier air will also eliminate rain chances across the area. Lows bottom out in the low-to-mid 70s for most locations tonight (mid-to-upper 60s in typical cool spots).

Sprang

LONG TERM

(Tuesday night through Sunday) Issued at 135 AM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026

The forecast this week is going to be a rinse and repeat each day as the center of the ridge of high pressure sits near the Four Corners region. Daily afternoon highs max out in the mid-to-upper 90s for most, except for lower triple digits along the Pecos River and Rio Grande Valleys. Long-range model guidance suggests the possibility of convection in portions of west Texas and southeast New Mexico next weekend as shortwave impulses round the eastern periphery of the ridge. However, there is a lot of uncertainty in the details at this time. Greening

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 621 AM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026

VFR conditions prevail, and southeasterly to southerly winds remain light.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Big Spring 102 73 101 73 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 103 72 103 72 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 101 73 100 74 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 100 72 100 72 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 94 68 96 67 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 101 70 100 69 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 94 62 96 62 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 101 73 99 72 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 100 73 99 72 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 101 72 101 72 / 0 0 0 0

MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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