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FXUS64 KSJT 210637
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
137 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND.
- A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE BIG COUNTRY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
- FORECAST AFTERNOON HIGHS AND HEAT INDICES MAY REACH HEAT
ADVISORY CRITERIA WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 134 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2026
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED ACROSS COLORADO WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST
TODAY, TOWARD TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ACROSS
THE BIG COUNTRY, WHERE HIGHS WILL BE BETWEEN 100 AND 103 AND HEAT
INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 105. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY DUE TO HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 105.
FARTHER SOUTH, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100. LIGHT WINDS
ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN
THE 70S.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 134 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2026
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS
AND NEW MEXICO FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. THIS WILL
RESULT IN HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY. HIGHS WILL MAKE RETURN TO THE UPPER 90S TO 105 DEGREES FOR
THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. HEAT INDICES (WHAT IT FEELS LIKE) WILL BE
UP TO 108 DEGREES BY FRIDAY.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1116 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
LIGHT WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 100 77 100 79 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 99 73 99 76 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 97 72 97 76 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 99 75 100 77 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 99 76 101 78 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 95 72 95 75 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 97 74 98 76 / 0 0 0 10
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR CALLAHAN-FISHER-HASKELL-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-
THROCKMORTON.
SHORT TERM...DANIELS
LONG TERM....41
AVIATION...DANIELS
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