Midland/Odessa
Weather Forecast Office
February 25, 2008 Wildfires in Southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin
A surface low pressure system that developed earlier today has resulted in very windy conditions across all of southwest Texas and southeast New Mexico this afternoon. Extremely critical fire weather and multiple fires continue across the region.
The satellite image below shows the active fires at 250 PM CST. The black pixels on the image show the "hot spots".
A wind shift line, followed by a cool front, will move through the area this evening. The fires that are visible on radar are circled in red below.
Hazards
Spotter Briefing
Outlook
Current Hazards
Storm Report
Severe Weather
Drought
Storm Prediction Center
Weather Prediction Center
National Hurricane Center
Active Alerts
Winter Weather
Past Weather
Cooperative Observations
Local Climate Data
National Climate
Current Weather
Observations
Satellite
Upper Air
West Texas Mesonet
Radar
Forecasts
Activity Planner
Aviation
Climate Prediction Center
Fire
Forecast Discussion
Graphical
Local
Space Weather Center
Information Center
Weather Trivia
Forecast Models
GIS
International Weather
Glossary
Road Conditions
Water
Hydrology
Precipitation Estimates
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Midland/Odessa
2500 Challenger Dr.
Midland, TX 79706-2606
(432) 563-5006
Comments? Questions? Please Contact Us.
Follow us on X
Follow us on Facebook
MAF RSS Feed