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FXUS64 KSJT 220712
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
212 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM
KEY MESSAGES
- A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY, HEARTLAND AND MASON COUNTY.
- FORECAST AFTERNOON HIGHS AND HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY REACH HEAT
ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY
INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 211 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
HOT TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN STORY THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BE CENTERED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGHS IN THE UPPER
90S TO NEAR 105 ACROSS THE REGION. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
ACROSS ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY, EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF THE HEARTLAND AS TEMPERATURES AND/OR HEAT
INDEX VALUES REACH OR EXCEED 105. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE
DRAPED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. A FEW OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS
INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS WILL
REMAIN DRY CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORMS IN
OUR EASTERN COUNTIES. HAVE ADDED IN SOME 10 POPS WITH A MENTION OF
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. IF STORMS TO DEVELOP, GIVEN THE HOT
TEMPERATURES AND LARGE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS, GUST WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80.
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 211 AM CDT WED JUL 22 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 THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 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 MUCH OF THE WEEK. HEAT INDICES (WHAT IT FEELS LIKE) WILL
BE UP TO 108 DEGREES BY FRIDAY.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1202 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LIGHT WINDS
WILL BECOME EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 8 T0 KNOTS WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT THIS EVENING.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ABILENE 102 79 100 78 / 10 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 101 77 99 76 / 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 99 77 97 75 / 0 0 0 0
BROWNWOOD 102 78 99 76 / 10 0 0 0
SWEETWATER 103 79 102 78 / 0 0 0 0
OZONA 97 76 97 75 / 0 0 0 0
BRADY 101 77 98 74 / 10 0 0 0
SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BROWN-
CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-FISHER-HASKELL-JONES-MASON-MCCULLOCH-NOLAN-SAN
SABA-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON.
SHORT TERM...DANIELS
LONG TERM....41
AVIATION...DANIELS
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