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FXUS64 KSJT 211144
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
544 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
A SHORTWAVE RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL RESULT IN DRY NORTHWEST
FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AT THE SURFACE, LIGHT SOUTH
WINDS RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY. OVERALL, LOOKING FOR ANOTHER
PLEASANT DAY FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS, WITH SUNNY SKIES AND NEAR
TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S.
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH SOME LOW CLOUDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS TOWARDS DAYBREAK.
EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS TO BE IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S.
LONG TERM
(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 253 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
EXPECT DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A DRY UPPER
LEVEL WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN REMAINS OVER THE AREA. A LEE
SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING TO OUR WEST WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTH
WINDS AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LOW CHANCES(20-30%) OF SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY, HEARTLAND AND
NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY. CHRISTMAS DAY LOOKS DRY AT THIS
TIME THEN ANOTHER FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOW CHANCES
OF SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOOK
LIGHT AT THIS TIME. FOR TEMPERATURES, LOOK FOR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WITH HIGHS ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN
THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S AND THE WARMEST DAY MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN
THE LOWER TO MID 70S. LOWS EACH NIGHT WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 542 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2024
VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TERMINALS
THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE AT KSOA
AND KJCT WHERE SOME SCATTERED TO BROKEN MVFR STRATUS IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AFTER 11Z.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 64 43 66 53 / 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 68 42 66 53 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 69 41 65 52 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 63 37 66 51 / 0 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 65 44 66 52 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 64 44 61 52 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 65 40 65 53 / 0 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...24
LONG TERM....21
AVIATION...24
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