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FXUS64 KSJT 011934
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
234 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS WEEK.
- ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK
DUE TO DRY VEGETATION AND HOT TEMPERATURES.
SHORT TERM
(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 234 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2026
WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS IS CURRENTLY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE THAT IS SPREAD FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC WEST INTO THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD IS MOVING
ONSHORE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH
ACROSS EAST TEXAS TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, WITH
LITTLE EFFECT FOR OUR AREA THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE WARMER THAN NORMAL, WITH LOWS TONIGHT MAINLY IN THE
MID AND UPPER 70S, AND HIGHS WEDNESDAY RANGING FROM THE MID 90S
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. SHOULD ABILENE REACH 100 DEGREES TODAY,
THAT WILL BE 31 DAYS IN A ROW OF REACHING AT LEAST 100 DEGREES,
SETTING A NEW RECORD. WITH HIGHS OF AT LEAST 100 DEGREES EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY, ABILENE WILL ONLY ADD TO THAT RECORD THIS WEEK.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 234 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2026
THE REMNANT MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WILL DRIFT
TOWARD NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE GUIDANCE
IS INDICATING THAT THE REMNANT MOISTURE WILL THEN DRIFT WEST ON
THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AT
LEAST ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CONTINUED LOW END (15-20%) RAIN
CHANCES FOR NOW. HIGHS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE HOT, IN THE
UPPER 90S TO NEAR 104.
DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN NEXT WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
REPOSITIONS ITSELF ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS, IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 101.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1239 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 76 101 78 103 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 74 101 75 102 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 71 99 73 100 / 0 0 0 10
BROWNWOOD 72 99 74 100 / 0 0 10 10
SWEETWATER 77 102 78 104 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 72 97 73 98 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 72 98 74 99 / 0 0 10 10
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...20
LONG TERM....DANIELS
AVIATION...42
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