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FXUS64 KSJT 200855
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
255 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025
..NEW LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- NEAR-RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS
EXPECTED THIS 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
(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 253 AM CST THU FEB 20 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 FRIDAY WITH UPPER 30S TO MID 40S,
BUT WARM INTO THE 60S SUNDAY AND UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S EARLY NEXT
WEEK. STILL VERY COLD SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOWS IN THE 20S AND
THEN LOWS REMAINING WELL ABOVE FREEZING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1049 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH- NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT
AT AROUND 8-12 KNOTS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 29 17 40 26 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 32 17 42 28 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 37 18 40 27 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 32 17 38 26 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 29 16 41 26 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 35 20 44 31 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 32 19 37 28 / 0 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
EXTREME COLD WARNING UNTIL NOON CST TODAY 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...42
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