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FXUS64 KSJT 120634
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
134 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- MUCH WARMER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS. SOME LOCATIONS MAY REACH 90 DEGREES ON SATURDAY.
- STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY NORTH
WINDS FOLLOWING ITS PASSAGE.
- COLD EARLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. MONITORING FOR A
POTENTIAL FREEZE, AND POTENTIAL FOR TUESDAY MORNING LOWS TO BE
IN THE 20S.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 134 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
BEGINNING A SET OF DAYS WHERE OUR AREA WILL BE UNDER DRY NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT. SKIES WILL BE SUNNY TODAY AND CLEAR TONIGHT. AT THE
SURFACE, HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL
MOVE TO THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER BY THIS EVENING, AND ACROSS THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. AFTER A CHILLY START
TO THE DAY, HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S IN
OUR EAST-CENTRAL (HEARTLAND) AND SOUTHEASTERN (NORTHWEST HILL
COUNTRY) COUNTIES, AND MID 60S TO NEAR 70 ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WILL BE A LITTLE BREEZY
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 40S FOR OUR
SOUTHERN COUNTIES INTO THE HEARTLAND AREA, WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE
LOW ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR BETTER RADIATIONAL COOLING. A FEW UPPER 30S
ARE POSSIBLE IN FAVORED LOW-LYING AREAS. EXPECT LOWS TO BE MOSTLY IN
THE MID 40S IN THE CONCHO VALLEY, AND UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S ACROSS
THE BIG COUNTRY.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 102 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH HIGHS
POTENTIALLY REACHING THE LOWER 90S DEGREES SATURDAY. WINDY ON SUNDAY
WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT(GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE), AND WILL BE
MONITORING MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT
FREEZE, PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 30S.
WARMING UP NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1250 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026
VFR CONDITIONS AND CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY, LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE HIGHER WIND
SPEEDS (10-15 KNOTS) WILL BE AT KABI.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 67 49 86 53 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 69 46 86 53 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 67 40 82 48 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 66 41 82 48 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 69 51 86 53 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 68 42 83 49 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 63 44 80 51 / 0 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...19
LONG TERM....21
AVIATION...19
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