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FXUS64 KSJT 171744
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1244 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- DRY WITH A WARMING TREND IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED INTO THE
WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 114 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN FROM THE EAST, WITH WITH
TEMPERATURES INCREASING 3 TO 4 DEGREES TODAY. WARMEST READINGS
WILL BE IN THE BIG COUNTRY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S.
LEE TROUGH WILL NOT BE AS STRONG TODAY, WITH SOUTH WIND GUSTS OF
MAINLY UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY
IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 122 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
THE PATTERN SHIFTS TO WARMER AND DRIER FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS
WE GO INTO THE SECOND HALF OF JULY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL EXPAND EASTWARD INTO
TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS
FOR OUR AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SLIM TO NONE THIS WEEKEND AND
INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, WITH ANY APPRECIABLE RAIN CHANCES
STAYING TO OUT WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CREEP UP INTO THE
UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY AND
BIG COUNTRY, WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 70S.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1240 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE TERMINALS THE NEXT 24
HOURS. COULD SEE SOME PATCHY STRATUS AT KJCT EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE A CEILING,
AS MOST OF THE STRATUS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF THE TERMINALS.
EXPECT MAINLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 71 97 72 96 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 68 93 70 92 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 67 91 70 90 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 68 94 70 92 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 72 97 72 97 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 68 91 70 90 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 68 91 70 90 / 0 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...04
LONG TERM....42
AVIATION...24
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