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Area Forecast Discussion

National Weather Service Amarillo TX

459 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025



...New AVIATION...



.KEY MESSAGES...

Issued at 1018 AM CST Fri Dec 12 2025



- The chance of impactful weather over the next 7 days is very 

 low.



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.SHORT TERM...

(This afternoon through Saturday night)

Issued at 1018 AM CST Fri Dec 12 2025



Dry conditions will continue through the short term forecast

period. The cold front that moved through earlier this morning 

has resulted in the latest 17Z obs to be about 10-15 degrees 

colder than at this time yesterday. Just like in typical fashion 

for the Panhandles, when you get a wind shift, you can get a new 

season as well. For tomorrow, as surface winds shift to 

southwesterly with very gradual height rises ahead of our next 

front by tomorrow night. As a result, high temperatures tomorrow 

will range from the upper 50s in the NE Panhandle to lower 70s for

the SW Texas Panhandle. A more potent cold front will enter the 

Panhandles as early as late tomorrow afternoon and move through 

all of the Panhandles by tomorrow night. The initial H850-700 

surge of stronger CAA will fall a bit behind the main cold front, 

but will arrive for the majority of the Panhandles. Lows tomorrow 

night will range from the mid teens in the NE Panhandles to lower 

and mid 20s elsewhere. 



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.LONG TERM...

(Sunday through next Thursday)

Issued at 1018 AM CST Fri Dec 12 2025



In the wake of the more potent cold front from Saturday night will

linger with below average temperatures for Sunday. The western

periphery of more apparent H850-700 CAA will reach the Panhandles,

with more impacts to temperatures for the central and eastern

Panhandles in particular. Depending on the extent of the CAA, high

temperatures will range from the upper 30s to lower 40s for the

eastern Panhandles to lower and mid 50s for the western

Panhandles. Dry conditions will continue with zonal flow returns

next week, temperatures Monday through the coming week will 

return to above average values going into mid December. 



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.AVIATION...

(00Z TAFS)

Issued at 459 PM CST Fri Dec 12 2025



VFR conditions expected to prevail through the next 24 hours.

Light winds with a southerly component will pick up to 10kts.

Another cold front is expected to shift winds to the north and

pick up to 15 kts in the latter part of this period. 





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.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

TX...None.

OK...None.

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SHORT TERM...29

LONG TERM....29

AVIATION...36