Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX
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904 FXUS64 KSJT 312356 AAA AFDSJT Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service San Angelo TX 656 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Saturday) Issued at 136 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024 The latest severe weather/mesoanalysis analysis shows a dryline well to our west over the Trans Pecos to a weak surface low near Fort Stockton and a stationary front near the I-20 corridor form the Permain Basin eastward across the Big Country. To the south of the front across the southern 2/3 of the area, there is moderate to strong instability in place, most unstable across the Northern Edwards Plateau and effective shear bulk shear values of 35 to 45 knots over the southern half of the area. Isolated thunderstorms are possible mainly south of I-20 late this afternoon and evening. Any storm that does develop will rapidly become severe due to strong/locally extreme instability and good deep layer shear. The main hazards will be large hail and damaging winds. Otherwise, going with low chance Pops for tonight, mainly during the evening. For Saturday, looks mainly dry for much of the day. However, storms will fire to our west along the dryline during the afternoon. A few storms will probably move into our western counties by late afternoon with an isolated severe storm possible. Expect warm and humid conditions with highs Saturday in the 80s to lower 90s. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday night through next Thursday) Issued at 1131 AM CDT Fri May 31 2024 A familiar pattern for this time of year will set up across West Central Texas this weekend and into early next week, with weak ridging and nearly zonal flow aloft with a warmer and unstable airmass building near the surface. However, models are showing this setup to be slightly weaker than what we have seen this past week so far. We`re generally expecting some diurnal showers and isolated thunderstorms lingering into Saturday evening through Monday, before a drier and even warmer airmass takes over and begins to cook parts of West Central Texas under triple digit high temperatures again. Ridging aloft will continue to strengthen across the area, allowing temperatures to climb into the upper 90s to 106 range on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 655 PM CDT Fri May 31 2024 Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms occurring along and just north/east of an outflow boundary, which extends from Colorado City to Sterling City to Christoval to Menard to Mason. Outflow boundary itself is moving slowly to the southwest. Monitoring radar trends for possible need to include at KSJT, KSOA and KJCT. The KBBD site has already been affected, with a severe storm which produced a 55 knot wind gust at 535 PM. The convection will dissipate tonight, but possibly linger to Midnight or beyond. Late night and early morning low cloud development is expected over our southern and central counties, affecting our TAF sites south of KABI. Expect MVFR ceilings with the low clouds. By mid-to-late morning, where some patchy cloud cover should remain, expect ceilings to climb above 3000 ft. Outside of convective activity, winds will be generally from the southeast tonight. South to southeast winds are expected on Saturday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 68 86 70 88 / 20 20 30 30 San Angelo 69 91 70 92 / 10 20 30 20 Junction 71 93 73 95 / 20 10 20 10 Brownwood 68 85 70 87 / 20 20 20 20 Sweetwater 68 86 69 89 / 10 20 30 30 Ozona 70 92 70 91 / 20 20 30 10 Brady 70 86 71 89 / 20 10 20 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...21 LONG TERM....TP AVIATION...19