Forecast Discussion for Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
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FXUS64 KFWD 100148
AFDFWD
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
748 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026
...New AVIATION...
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Scattered showers and isolated storms will continue across
Central and East Texas this evening.
- A cold front will move through the region this evening and bring
gusty north winds and much cooler air.
- Seasonal temperatures are expected this weekend into next week
with little chance for additional rainfall.
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.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Saturday)
Issued at 1220 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026
A weak cold front managed to move across most of North and
Central Texas yesterday and last night, with the boundary now
residing over our far southeasternmost counties. We are mainly
using the dewpoint temperature to help us identify this boundary.
Meanwhile, a somewhat potent (and quick-moving) shortwave trough
moving into western Central Texas is tapping into a narrow band of
elevated instability to trigger a few thunderstorms.
There isn`t much in the way of surface based instability behind
the front, but there are several hundred joules of MUCAPE.
Despite the meager instability, a good chunk of this instability
is near/below the freezing level, and there is enough deep-layer
shear in this layer to help increase hail production this
afternoon and evening. Given the marginal environment, the severe
threat is low but not zero. Our main concern is hail, but given
the dry sub-cloud layer and increased hail/cold pool production
potential, a few strong to damaging wind gusts will be possible
underneath the strongest cores as well. The front, and any tornado
threats, should remain off to our southeast. We are confident of
isolated to scattered showers and storms developing across the
southeastern half of our area, but we aren`t confident how far
northwest these storms will extend. As it stands now, there is
only a 10-20% chance of an isolated storm in or west of the
Metroplex.
Outside of the precip, today will be partly sunny with filtered
sunshine for most. High temperatures should be about 10-15 degrees
below yesterday`s values thanks to the weak cold front that moved
through. A compact low pressure center is developing over the
Panhandles that will quickly move NE tonight and tomorrow. A
strong cold front is projected to move across North and Central
Texas this evening and tonight, bringing gusty north winds and
cooler temperatures to the region. Wind speeds should remain below
our Wind Advisory criteria, but it would still be a good idea to
secure any loose objects you have any have laying around this
afternoon. A few wrap around clouds will be in the area tomorrow
morning, but plentiful sunshine is expected by the afternoon. It
should also be noticeably cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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.LONG TERM...
(Saturday night through next Thursday)
Issued at 1220 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026
A dry and stable airmass is forecast to take hold of the region
this weekend into early next week. While Saturday will be the
coolest day with highs in the 50s, Sunday will still have
relatively nice temperatures with most of the area around 60 (+/-
a few degrees). Light south winds should bring a subtle warming
trend early next week before a backdoor cold front moves through
later in the week. We have pretty high confidence of this
secondary cold push due to a strong signal of deep longwave
troughing over the Eastern CONUS in the day 5-10 range. Tonight`s
front will push 60 degree dewpoints well into the Gulf, choking
off any chance of rain until late next week. Some of the
deterministic guidance has a southerly fetch developing after
Thursday (i.e. increased rain chances), but none have southerly
flow continuing long enough to bring much more than a 10-20%
chance of rain into the area by next weekend.
&&
.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 558 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026
Showers and thunderstorms from earlier this afternoon have shifted
east of all TAF sites, with some low-end VFR cigs across Central
Texas. Low clouds across D10 should remain FEW-SCT around 050 this
evening with some scattered 020-030 clouds late tonight/early
morning with the cold front. MVFR probabilities remain around
20-30%, so no major changes to the TAFs were made with this
issuance. Higher gusts will start to arrive ~07/08Z as the front
arrives, with gusts 25-30 kts for much of the day before speeds
diminish in the early evening hours to ~10kts.
&&
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Dallas-Ft. Worth 40 56 37 59 / 10 0 0 0
Waco 40 56 35 60 / 10 0 0 0
Paris 42 54 35 56 / 20 0 0 0
Denton 35 55 31 58 / 0 0 0 0
McKinney 39 55 33 57 / 10 0 0 0
Dallas 41 56 38 60 / 10 0 0 0
Terrell 41 56 35 59 / 40 0 0 0
Corsicana 44 58 37 61 / 40 0 0 0
Temple 40 57 34 61 / 10 0 0 0
Mineral Wells 35 56 30 61 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...Bonnette
LONG TERM....Bonnette
AVIATION...Gordon
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