141  
FXUS64 KSJT 191931  
AFDSJT  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX  
131 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025  
   
..NEW SHORT TERM
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
 
- NEAR-RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS  
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
- EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 130 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025  
 
THE BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR REMAINS STEADFAST OVER WEST CENTRAL  
TEXAS THIS EVENING AND WILL HELP KEEP WIDESPREAD BELOW FREEZING  
TEMPERATURES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. HIGH  
TEMPERATURES TODAY STRUGGLED TO SURPASS THE UPPER 20S TODAY GIVEN  
THE LINGERING CLOUD COVER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. IF THIS CLOUD  
COVER BEGINS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT  
PERIOD, TEMPERATURES DON'T HAVE FAR TO FALL TO REACH INTO SINGLE  
DIGITS TO MID TEENS FOR OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING LOWS. WINDS WILL  
REMAIN BREEZY, BUT NOT AS STRONG AS WE SAW LAST NIGHT. HOWEVER,  
THESE COLD AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO CAUSE  
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AS LOW  
AS 10 BELOW ZERO OVER PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THUS, THE EXTREME  
COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.  
 
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY WARMER,  
GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY, AND  
IN THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S ELSEWHERE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO  
DIMINISH THURSDAY BECOMING LIGHT AND EASTERLY BY THE LATE  
AFTERNOON HOURS.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 223 AM CST WED FEB 19 2025  
 
EXPECT A WARMING TREND AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LONG TERM. THE  
ARCTIC AIRMASS EXITING TO THE EAST AND A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY FLOW  
WILL RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES LATE THIS WEEK THROUGH EARLY NEXT  
WEEK. HIGHS WILL STILL BE COLD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH 30S TO  
MID 40S, BUT WARM INTO UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S SUNDAY AND UPPER 70S  
TO LOWER 80S EARLY NEXT WEEK. STILL VERY COLD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  
MORNINGS WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S AND THEN LOWS REMAINING  
WELL ABOVE FREEZING EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1126 AM CST WED FEB 19 2025  
 
MVFR CEILINGS AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST  
THROUGH THIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL TERMINALS, WITH  
CEILINGS STARTING TO IMPROVE TO VFR CONDITIONS MY MID TO LATE  
AFTERNOON TODAY. WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DECREASE AROUND THIS  
TIME, BUT REMAINING NORTHERLY BETWEEN 8 TO 15 KNOTS.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
ABILENE 9 31 18 41 / 0 0 0 0  
SAN ANGELO 12 35 18 42 / 0 0 0 0  
JUNCTION 12 41 20 40 / 0 0 0 0  
BROWNWOOD 10 34 18 39 / 0 0 0 0  
SWEETWATER 8 31 18 41 / 0 0 0 0  
OZONA 13 39 21 43 / 0 0 0 0  
BRADY 12 35 19 36 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
EXTREME COLD WARNING UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR BROWN-CALLAHAN-  
COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-JONES-KIMBLE-  
MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-SCHLEICHER-  
SHACKELFORD-STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...TP  
LONG TERM....21  
AVIATION...TP  
 
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