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FXUS64 KSJT 201932
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
132 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
..NEW SHORT 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
(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 131 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST THIS EVENING. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH
WILL THEN BE DEVELOPING IN WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING AND MOVING
THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT, SHIFTING WINDS NORTHWEST
5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY IN THE LOWER 40S, BUT PROTECTED AREAS MAY FALL
INTO THE UPPER 30S.
A STRONG COLD FRONT THEN MOVES THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS MID
MORNING SATURDAY, BRINGING BREEZY NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH EXPECTED IN THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AFTERNOON RANGE FROM MID 50S IN THE BIG COUNTRY
TO UPPER 60S ALONG I-10.
THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN SATURDAY WILL BE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS, AS DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGS MINIMUM RH VALUES
FROM THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF
13-20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED FROM STERLING CITY TO SAN ANGELO TO BRADY
AND MASON AND SOUTHWARD, AND ARE IN THE MORE CRITICAL AREA. A
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SATURDAY FOR
MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
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...04
LONG TERM....20
AVIATION...04
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