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Fort Stockton, Texas
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Almanac
Average High: 61°
Average Low: 38°
Record high/year: 87° (2005)
Record low/year: 30° (2004)
Sunrise: 7:32 AM
Sunset: 5:49 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 07:32 AM (CST)
Moon Rise: 11:24 AM (CST) 12 2
Sunset: 05:49 PM (CST)
Moon Set: 10:10 PM (CST) 12 2
Moon Phase
Today
Dec. 05
Dec. 12
Dec. 19
Dec. 27
Next 12 Hours
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Partly Cloudy
Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Hi 86°
Lo 49°
Clear
Hi 74°
Lo 36°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 54°
Lo 34°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 63°
Lo 38°
Partly Cloudy
Hi 74°
Lo 40°
Partly Cloudy
Forecast for Pecos
Tonight
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds around 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny...cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday
Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Sunday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
Monday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
Tuesday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
Fire Weather Warning Statement as of 1:48 PM MST on December 2, 2008/
... Red flag warning remains in effect until 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
this evening...
A red flag warning remains in effect until 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
this evening.
The combination of relative humidity values dropping to between
10 and 15 percent... unseasonable warm dry air... and 20 ft winds
0f 20 mph with gusts approaching 30 mph will result in critical
fire weather conditions through early this evening.
Continue to exercise caution across the area. Avoid activities
that may produce outdoor flames or Sparks. Accidental ignitions
will still have the potential to grow rapidly into dangerous fuel
driven wildfires.
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
655 fxus64 kmaf 022310 afdmaf Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa Texas 510 PM CST Tuesday Dec 2 2008 Discussion... see latest aviation discussion below. && Aviation... VFR conditions are expected areawide through Wednesday morning. Gusty southwest to west will diminish early this evening... but will pick up around 03/12z or shortly thereafter. A strong cold front will push through the area Wednesday with northerly winds of 15 to 20kt sustained behind it. These winds will diminish by late Wednesday afternoon. && Previous discussion... /issued 331 PM CST Tuesday Dec 2 2008/ Discussion... 02/12z radiosonde observation data shows the middle and upper level flow aloft has transitioned from northerly to northwesterly vs. Observations from 01/12z. This transition to the flow aloft has led to an increase in winds across West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Surface winds will continue to remain gusty into the early evening across the plains as the surface trough continues to maintain a fairly tight surface pressure gradient. Winds are expected to decrease this evening with the onset of boundary layer cooling and the development of a surface-based inversion. Across the mountains... winds are expected to increase overnight as the middle-level flow increases. Mountain sites have yet to hit high winds...but kgdp is close as of 20z. Nam12 cross sections across the guadalupes continue to favor high winds. In addition...model wind speeds at 700mb compared to the White Sands profiler show the models are too low. We should see a steady increase in middle-level winds overnight...thus the High Wind Warning for the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains will remain intact. The current High Wind Warning was set to expire at 03/12z and based on the latest 700mb winds remaining strong after 12z...we have opted to extend the High Wind Warning another 3 hours. The winds should subside after 15z as middle-level cooling and decreasing 700mb winds spread over the area. Temperatures will cool considerably on Wednesday compared to Tuesday/S near record warmth. The latest short range models continue to show the cold front moving into the region tomorrow morning...but are now a little slower than yesterday/S models. With this in mind...we have opted to increase a few temperatures for areas mainly along and west of the Pecos River. Below normal temperatures are expected across all areas on Thursday and Friday given surface ridging and prognosticated 850mb temperatures. We should see temperatures a little closer to normal on Saturday despite a weak front moving into the region. We expect temperatures to warm this weekend as split flow aloft develops over the eastern Pacific/western U.S. Some significant model differences can be seen early next week with the European model (ecmwf) showing an upper level trough over the southern rockies...while the operational GFS differs with a closed low off the coast of the Baja California peninsula. For now...we see no reason to make significant changes to the forecast beyond this weekend. Fire weather... area observations show red flag winds and relative humidity/S in place across the guadalupes...southeastern New Mexico plains and the upper trans Pecos. Elsewhere...rh/S are at or below 15%...but winds speeds have yet to meet 20 miles per hour. We could still see a few more hours of conditions favorable for increasing winds...so for now...we will leave the red flag warning intact. && Maf watches/warnings/advisories... nm...red flag warning until 8 PM MST this evening for the following zones... Guadalupe Mountains np/Lincoln nf/lnz...southeast plains/blm Roswell/lnz. High Wind Warning until 8 am MST Wednesday for the following zones... Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County. Texas...red flag warning until 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ this evening for the following zones... Andrews...Borden...Crane...Davis/Apache Mountains area...Dawson...Ector...Gaines...Glasscock... Guadalupe Mountains...Howard...Loving...Martin...Midland... Mitchell...Pecos...Reagan...Reeves County and upper trans Pecos...Scurry...Upton...Van Horn and Highway 54 corridor... Ward...Winkler. High Wind Warning until 9 am CST /8 am MST/ Wednesday for the following zones... Davis/Apache Mountains area...Guadalupe Mountains. && $$ 99
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