Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Versions:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
330 FXUS64 KAMA 011748 AFDAMA Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 1248 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 605 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 -Dry weather with gradual warming trends back into the 70s to low 80s by the second half of the weekend and into next week. && .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Sunday night) Issued at 1155 PM CDT Fri Oct 31 2025 The broad scale weather system will slowly move eastward today and Sunday allowing a broad ridge to slowly settle across the southern plains. For today the panhandles remains on the western fringes of the broad weather system continuing the cold northerly flow. This will keep the temperatures below normal today with morning lows starting off around freezing. Once the panhandles falls under the influence of the ridge of high pressure on Sunday the cold northerly flow will end. We will see temperatures rise by 10 to 15 degrees becoming above normal. A lack of moisture will see both Saturday and Sunday remain sunny with dry weather. && .LONG TERM... (Monday through next Friday) Issued at 1155 PM CDT Fri Oct 31 2025 Monday through early Thursday has a high chance for the broad ridge to remain across the southern plains. This will generally keep dry and warmer than normal conditions across the panhandles during this time. A small exception will be on Monday when a weak small weather system pushes a dry cold front across the northern portions of the panhandles. This would bring a drop in the temperatures back to near normal for at least the northern panhandles. Come Thursday there is a moderate chance that the ridge of high pressure is degraded by the passage of a weather system. At this time this weather system has higher chances of being dry which would limit its impacts to an increase in the winds on Thursday. The cold front associated with this system has the best chances of passing across the region late in the day so any drop in the temperatures would most likely occur on Friday rather than Thursday. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1245 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025 VFR conditions will prevail at all TAF sites over the next 24 hours with mostly clear skies and variable winds 5 to 10 kts. Winds will become more south to southwesterly after 00z. Weber && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. OK...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...29 LONG TERM....29 AVIATION...89