656 FXUS64 KAMA 030848 AMD AFDAMA TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 08Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE WESTWARD THROUGH CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING UPPER LOW OVER FOUR CORNERS ARE THE PRIMARY WEATHER FEATURES TODAY. MUCH OF THE FORECAST HINGES ON LOCATION OF COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES ARE CONSIDERABLY WARMER. AM CONCERNED THAT COLD FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING SOUTHERN ZONES TO WARM A FEW CATEGORIES HIGHER THAN 00Z MODELS INDICATE. THIS WOULD ALLOW CONVECTION FROM WEST TEXAS TO MOVE INTO HIGHER INSTABILITY OVER SOUTHERN ZONES. OTHERWISE...WITH HIGH PW/S TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND PROXIMITY OF SLOW MOVING UPPER SYSTEM...WILL NEED TO KEEP POPS GOING PER PREVIOUS FORECAST. LOOKS LIKE PANHANDLES ARE IN STORE FOR DECENT RAIN EVENT DURING REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK AND SATURDAY WHEN SYSTEMS LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. SLATTERY  656 FXUS64 KAMA 030848 AMD AFDAMA TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 08Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE WESTWARD THROUGH CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING UPPER LOW OVER FOUR CORNERS ARE THE PRIMARY WEATHER FEATURES TODAY. MUCH OF THE FORECAST HINGES ON LOCATION OF COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES ARE CONSIDERABLY WARMER. AM CONCERNED THAT COLD FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING SOUTHERN ZONES TO WARM A FEW CATEGORIES HIGHER THAN 00Z MODELS INDICATE. THIS WOULD ALLOW CONVECTION FROM WEST TEXAS TO MOVE INTO HIGHER INSTABILITY OVER SOUTHERN ZONES. OTHERWISE...WITH HIGH PW/S TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND PROXIMITY OF SLOW MOVING UPPER SYSTEM...WILL NEED TO KEEP POPS GOING PER PREVIOUS FORECAST. LOOKS LIKE PANHANDLES ARE IN STORE FOR DECENT RAIN EVENT DURING REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK AND SATURDAY WHEN SYSTEMS LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. SLATTERY