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FXUS64 KSJT 201858
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1258 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
..NEW LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON, AND SATURDAY.
- A LITTLE COOLER THIS WEEKEND, WITH MORNING LOWS DROPPING TO NEAR
FREEZING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
- HIGHS WILL APPROACH RECORD TEMPERATURES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO NEAR THE 90 DEGREE MARK.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 217 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
EXPECT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF SWEETWATER TO SAN ANGELO TO
OZONA LINE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY
AIR. PLEASE FOLLOW FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 60S NORTHEAST TO AROUND 80 SOUTHWEST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING, UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1258 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
BY SATURDAY NIGHT, THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVING THROUGH THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY WILL BE EAST OF OUR AREA, PUTTING US
UNDER DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A COUPLE MORE
DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION, LOWS
WILL FALL TO NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY
MORNINGS. AS RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U. S. DURING
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK, WE WILL REMAIN UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW,
KEEPING OUR WEATHER DRY. WINDS WILL ALSO TURN TO THE SOUTH,
ALLOWING FOR WARMING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BY NEXT
WEDNESDAY, HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UP IN THE 80S, WITH LOWS
MAINLY IN THE 50S. ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1053 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
STRATUS WITH MVFR CEILINGS WAS BREAKING UP AT 17Z, AND ALL
TERMINALS SHOULD BE VFR AT, OR JUST AFTER 18Z. NORTHEAST TO EAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS BECOME SOUTHEAST MID AFTERNOON. BREEZY NORTH
WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED MID MORNING SATURDAY AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH, WITH WIND GUSTS OF 23 TO 28KTS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 41 58 30 61 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 40 63 29 63 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 43 68 29 64 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 40 61 29 62 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 41 56 32 61 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 42 65 30 63 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 43 64 31 60 / 0 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...21
LONG TERM....20
AVIATION...04
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