textproduct: Midland/Odessa

KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 520 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

- Light rain showers in the eastern Permian Basin will taper off to the east this afternoon. Dry weather persists for the foreseeable future after today.

- Temperatures will gradually warm to above normal by Thursday afternoon, before a cold front arrives Thursday night/Friday to take temperatures closer to normal into next week.

SHORT TERM

(This afternoon through Wednesday night) Issued at 100 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

A low pressure system is spinning across West Texas and will gradually move to the east over the course of the day. Showers associated with the system are thinning out across the Permian Basin and will move out of the area or dissipate over the next few hours. Cloud cover will also decrease from west to east and clearer skies will prevail through the rest of the short term forecast. Lows tonight settle into the 30s for most with 20s returning to the high elevations. Highs on Wednesday stay a couple degrees above normal before dipping back into the 30s that night thanks to clearer skies and generally light winds. After today, rain chances move back to near zero areawide.

-Stickney

LONG TERM

(Thursday through Monday) Issued at 100 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

A warm and breezy day kicks off the long-term period. Surface lee troughing sets up over eastern New Mexico while high pressure will be centered over the western Gulf Coast. This creates tight pressure gradients producing breezy winds Thursday afternoon across much of west Texas and southeast New Mexico. Dry southwesterly winds yield high temperatures to be in the 60s to lower 70s regionwide. Thursday night into Friday morning, a shortwave upper-level trough will push a cold front to the region Friday morning keeping high temperatures to near normal for this time of year (mid 50s to low 60s). Surface high pressure builds in behind the front by Friday night, filtering colder air into the region. Saturday morning low temperatures are forecast to be in the mid 20s and mid 30s for most. This is expected to be the coldest morning of the week before low temperatures gradually warm up heading into early next week. Surface winds veer southerly Saturday morning, warming temperatures back into the upper 50s to mid 60s in the afternoon. Dry northwesterly flow aloft is expected to persist through early next week with surface high pressure positioned east of the region. This pattern keeps the forecast area dry with slightly above to near normal weather through Tuesday.

Lamberson

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 520 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

VFR conditionals prevail at all terminals the next 24 hours. Southwesterly to westerly winds of 10kts or less continue through the rest of the evening before shifting northerly between 07Z and 12Z Wednesday morning. Winds also increase during this time frame (07Z-12Z) as a cold front approaches the area, with sustained winds of 10-15kts and gusts of 20-25kts.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Big Spring 36 62 32 68 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 36 62 34 68 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 39 67 38 69 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 37 63 37 70 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 36 54 37 57 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 36 62 34 67 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 26 57 26 62 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 38 63 35 66 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 38 62 36 66 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 33 63 33 69 / 0 0 0 0

MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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