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FXUS64 KSJT 080655
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
155 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025
..NEW SHORT TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- HEAT ADVISORY BIG COUNTRY FRIDAY NOON TO 8 PM...
- HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
- NOT QUITE AS HOT FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A FEW ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 149 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
TODAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE BIG COUNTRY,
WHERE AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL TOP OUT IN THE 102-105 DEGREE RANGE.
ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO
AROUND 102 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 1229 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING AND HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL
KEEP HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND,
WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THE HORIZON FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO
UPPER 90S SOUTH OF A BROWNWOOD TO BARNHART LINE, AND IN THE UPPER
90S TO 105 NORTH OF THIS LINE. SOME OF THESE TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE BIG COUNTRY ARE APPROACHING HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA, SO ANOTHER
HEAT ADVISORY COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY AS WELL.
BY SUNDAY, THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO
START WEAKENING ON SUNDAY, ALLOWING NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN
THE 90S TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS ARE
GENERALLY CALLING FOR DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG-TERM
FORECAST, WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. GUIDANCE THEN
SHOWS THE RIDGE START TO BUILD BACK ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE
LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK, WITH TEMPERATURES CREEPING BACK INTO THE
TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1229 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 15-21 KT PARTICULARLY AT KABI AND KSJT.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 102 76 101 75 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 99 73 99 72 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 98 71 98 70 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 100 73 98 72 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 104 77 104 76 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 97 72 98 71 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 96 72 96 71 / 0 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
CALLAHAN-FISHER-HASKELL-JONES-NOLAN-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-
THROCKMORTON.
SHORT TERM...42
LONG TERM....TP
AVIATION...42
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