Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Presidio, TX

SHORT TERM
(Today through Saturday afternoon)
Issued at 1228 AM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

Today's forecast looks rather quiet as west Texas and southeast New Mexico remain under dry westerly to northwesterly flow aloft.
Downsloping westerly surface winds develop this morning, allowing afternoon highs to soar back into the mid-to-upper 80s for most locations (70s in the higher terrain, 90s along portions of the Rio Grande). Lows in the upper 40s and low-to-mid 50s can be expected Saturday morning. By Saturday, a surface trough begins to develop in the lee of the Rockies ahead of an approaching upper- level system. As a result, westerly winds become breezy, especially for westernmost portions of the area and in/near the higher terrain. This will increase fire danger concerns for these areas, while a period of high winds may even develop for the Guadalupe/Delaware Mountains beginning Saturday evening. Latest guidance has backed temperatures down a degree or two for Saturday afternoon, but the current forecast of 90 degrees at KMAF would still beat the record of 89 degrees from 1989. Highs around the region likewise top out in the upper 80s and low 90s.

Sprang

LONG TERM
(Saturday night through Thursday)
Issued at 1228 AM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

Deterministic and ensemble models depict troughing over the central and eastern US before ridging returns over the Intermountain West into High Plains next week. That will mean cooler temperatures before we once again see highs rebounding to above average. Saturday night, gusty, westerly downsloping winds to the west of a strengthening dryline and on the backside of a n upper air disturbance developing southeast from the northern Rockies into Central Great Plains limit boundary layer stabilization and cooling of the near surface layer. Lows as a result are only forecast to fall into the 40s F higher elevations and southwest foothills of Marfa Plateau, lower to mid 50s F for central Brewster and Presidio Counties into most of SE NM plains and northwest Permian Basin, and upper 50s to lower 60s F elsewhere. Winds remain gusty Sunday as a jet streak of high winds in the mid to upper troposphere at the base of the upper air disturbance clips the Panhandle of Texas. Widespread sustained northwest/north winds above 20 mph and gusting up to 35 to 50 mph or more may necessitate introduction of wind advisory products in future forecast packages. For now, have noted the potential for strong winds and regions of blowing dust Sunday. Despite the initially downsloping westerly winds, highs Sunday rise into the 70s to 80s F range, upper 80s to mid 90s F along Rio Grande into Terrell County, as northerly winds result in CAA and a surging cold front. Dew point temperatures prior to frontal passage will be in the teens and 20s F, and after in the single digits to teens F, so no precipitation is expected. Temperatures tumble to at or below freezing north of the Rio Grande basin into Terrell County and into the mid 30s to mid 40s F for the Rio Grande basin into Terrell County by daybreak Monday as winds shift to northeast and CAA continues. This will be followed by highs only rising into the mid 50s to lower 60s F along and northeast of the Guadalupes into Marfa Plateau and Lower Trans Pecos, and into the mid to upper 60s F elsewhere. Return southerly flow returns by Monday night, with lows still near freezing for the Lower Trans Pecos, Marfa Plateau, Pecos River from Upper Trans Pecos into Eddy County , and northern and central Lea County into northwest Permian Basin, with mid 30s to mid 40s F for the rest of the area.

If late weekend into early week was the sudden shock of much colder weather, that shock will be short-lived and then followed by almost as abrupt of a warm-up. By Tuesday, highs rebound into the mid 70s to mid 80s F with lows only falling into the mid 40s to lower 50s F range, and by next Wednesday most of the area is once again solidly into the 80s F, 90s F along Rio Grande for highs, with mid 40s to mid 50s F for lows. Further warming then looks to ensue for the end of next week with temperatures as warm if not warmer than early this weekend. With the mid to upper ridging building into the area from the southwest and accompanying large scale sinking motion increasing again, no rain is expected next week with this abrupt warm-up either.

AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1222 AM CDT Fri Mar 13 2026

VFR conditions prevail. Southwesterly winds continue to diminish through the morning, then become westerly to northwesterly.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Big Spring 86 48 91 58 / 0 0 0 0 Carlsbad 86 48 89 58 / 0 0 0 0 Dryden 88 50 95 60 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Stockton 87 55 92 63 / 0 0 0 0 Guadalupe Pass 76 53 79 56 / 0 0 0 0 Hobbs 84 47 88 55 / 0 0 0 0 Marfa 80 41 83 48 / 0 0 0 0 Midland Intl Airport 86 49 91 60 / 0 0 0 0 Odessa 85 50 90 60 / 0 0 0 0 Wink 86 46 92 57 / 0 0 0 0

MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
TX...None.
NM...None.