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000 FXUS64 KAMA 121035 AFDAMA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 435 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE PARADE OF SHORTWAVE TROFS EMBEDDED IN A FAST PROGRESSIVE UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOR TODAY...SFC BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY SET UP ACROSS NRN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO PERSIST...LEADING TO A GENERALLY MOCLDY DAY. FOR TONIGHT AND FRI MORNING...SHORTWAVE TROF TO ZIP BY TO OUR NORTH ACROSS CNTRL PLAINS WITH LITTLE FANFARE FOR THE PNHDLS. THE ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS PNHDLS FRI MORNING...WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AREAWIDE ALONG WITH COOLER TMEPS ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TROF WILL RACE BY TO OUR NORTH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING SFC COLD FRONT. SAME SONG... DIFFERNT VERSE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE WEAK RIDGING SETS UP OVER SRN HIGH PLAINS AROUND MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. PREVIOUS FCST PCKG HAS ALL THE ABOVE WELL COVERED AND HAVE RETAINED ITS INTEGRITY. ANDRADE && .FIRE WEATHER... THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MAINLY THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO MAJOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ANDRADE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 58 33 54 22 50 / 0 0 0 0 0 BEAVER OK 55 28 47 19 41 / 0 5 5 0 0 BOISE CITY OK 49 26 46 17 43 / 0 5 0 0 0 BORGER TX 59 36 53 23 49 / 0 0 0 0 0 BOYS RANCH TX 58 31 53 21 50 / 0 0 0 0 0 CANYON TX 59 32 55 21 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLARENDON TX 61 35 57 24 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALHART TX 53 26 52 18 46 / 0 5 0 0 0 GUYMON OK 51 29 45 19 45 / 0 5 5 0 0 HEREFORD TX 60 31 56 20 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 60 31 51 20 41 / 0 5 5 0 0 PAMPA TX 60 34 53 22 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 SHAMROCK TX 62 35 56 24 47 / 0 0 0 0 0 WELLINGTON TX 63 36 60 26 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && $$