841
FXUS64 KSJT 192341
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
541 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025
..NEW AVIATION
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 NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 313 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025
THE VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR A BIT LONGER.
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S ARE FORECAST FOR
FRIDAY MORNING. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL TAPER OFF BY FRIDAY,
WHICH WILL MAKE THE WIND CHILLS LESS OF AN ISSUE. SIGNIFICANTLY
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. THE WARMING TREND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK UNDER A
WEAK RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE BACK
INTO THE 80S BY MONDAY.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 534 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025
VFR CONDITIONS HAVE RETURNED TO THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AT AROUND 8-12 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....41
AVIATION...42
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