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FXUS64 KSJT 041128
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
628 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH MID TO LATE
MORNING TODAY.
- MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES EASTER WEEKEND AND BREEZY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT ON SATURDAY.
- DRY AND COOL WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH
WARMER TEMPERATURES BY MID TO LATE WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1242 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY
SOUTH OF I-20 BY SUNRISE THIS MORNING. WHILE STORMS ARE STRONG TO
MARGINALLY SEVERE AT THE MOMENT FROM PLAINVIEW TO CHILDRESS,
OVERALL STORM STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY OVER TIME
THROUGH SUNRISE, ALTHOUGH THERE STILL WILL BE A FEW STORMS THAT
APPROACH SEVERE STRENGTH, MAINLY IN THE BIG COUNTRY BEFORE 3 AM.
LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERNS. OTHERWISE, PERIODIC HEAVY DOWNPOURS PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE OTHER CONCERN,
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE OUT
OF OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES TODAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES MOVING
SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER
TODAY, WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL AFFECT THE AREA
AS WELL. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT, WE COULD SEE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS
ALONG OUR I-10 CORRIDOR, BUT OTHERWISE, WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND LOWS WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE 40S.
LONG TERM
(SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 1052 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
MAINLY DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL EASTER SUNDAY INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
PERIOD. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SHOWERS OVER
THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING, AS A FEW
MINOR DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE
COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE 60S TO
LOWER 70S THROUGH TUESDAY, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40S.
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS BY MID TO LATE WEEK, AHEAD OF THE
NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST. RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY, BUT MORE SO FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS DISTURBANCES AHEAD
OF THE UPPER TROUGH BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM TO NEAR SEASONAL VALUES BY LATE WEEK, WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN
THE 50S.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 627 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA, BRINGING
A LINE OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SHRA, AS WELL AS GUSTY
NORTH/NORTHEAST WINDS. CEILINGS RANGE FROM AROUND 1000 FEET TO VFR
HEIGHTS AT THE MOMENT. EXPECT CIGS TO SETTLE IN BETWEEN 1000 AND
2500 FEET OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. THESE CEILINGS WILL THEN
GRADUALLY LIFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH INTO VFR
HEIGHTS, WITH MOST SITES REACHING VFR CEILING HEIGHTS BY 20Z. THE
SHOWERS SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE MOST PART BY 18Z,
ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED SHRA MAY STILL EXIST ALONG THE I-10
CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO
AROUND 10 KNOTS BY 00Z OR SHORTLY AFTER, AND THE GUSTS WILL ALSO
DROP OFF. VFR WITH NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 68 46 69 46 / 60 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 69 47 68 47 / 60 10 10 10
JUNCTION 71 48 65 46 / 80 20 20 20
BROWNWOOD 67 46 68 45 / 90 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 67 47 69 48 / 20 0 0 0
OZONA 68 50 64 49 / 60 10 20 30
BRADY 67 48 64 47 / 90 10 10 10
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...20
LONG TERM....24
AVIATION...20
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