Forecast Discussion for Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
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FXUS64 KFWD 100544
AFDFWD
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1144 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION...
.KEY MESSAGES...
- A dry cold front will move through the region on Wednesday
bringing gusty north winds. Above normal temperatures will
return for Thursday and Friday.
- A strong cold front will bring much colder temperatures on
Sunday with highs in the upper 40s and 50s.
- Rain chances will tick upward early next week.
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.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Thursday)
Issued at 1119 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
Breezy southerly winds will persist through the overnight hours
thanks to an area of low pressure over West Texas. A strong
shortwave trough will swing through the Upper Midwest through
Wednesday afternoon and allow this surface low to move eastward
dragging a cold front through the region during the morning hours.
This front will come through dry, but winds will shift around to
the north and become breezy through the afternoon. Intermittent
high cloud cover will also persist through the day before thinning
out this evening. While north winds will be breezy, the bulk of
the colder air will remain over the eastern half of the CONUS
keeping temperatures near or slightly above normal this afternoon.
Highs should top out in the low to mid 60s. Diminishing winds will
be short lived but sufficient for temperatures to fall back into
the low 30s by early Thursday morning. Southerly flow returns
Thursday morning and we should see highs climb into the low 70s
west of I-35 under mostly sunny skies.
Dunn
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.LONG TERM...
(Thursday night through next Tuesday)
Issued at 1119 PM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
A progressive upper pattern will persist through the weekend and
into early next week sending a couple more cold fronts southward
through the Plains. The first will arrive on Friday and should
again result in mainly a wind shift and slightly cooler air north
of I-20. Highs Friday afternoon may top out in the mid 70s across
our southern counties. Low level moisture will begin to encroach
on the area above the shallow colder air by Saturday resulting in
increasingly cloudy skies headed into Saturday night. A much
stronger cold front will spill southward during this time and move
through the area early Sunday. Highs on Sunday will likely
struggle to make it out of the upper 40s and low 50s with brisk
north winds making it feel much colder. An upstream disturbance
will spread out of the southwest U.S. late Sunday and should help
reinforce modest isentropic ascent through Monday. This should
result in continued cool and cloudy conditions and perhaps some
areas of light rain developing. At this time, we`ll keep PoPs
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