Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX
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375 FXUS64 KSJT 290603 AFDSJT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1203 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 ...New LONG TERM... .KEY MESSAGES... - low to medium chances for showers and a few thunderstorms this overnight. - Gusty north-northeast winds are expected Saturday evening and Saturday night following a cold frontal passage. - Colder temperatures on Sunday, with temperatures remaining below normal through the early part of next week. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Saturday) Issued at 120 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 Expect low to medium chance of showers and a few thunderstorms across much of the area tonight and early Saturday morning due to increasing mid level ascent and increasing moisture. Rainfall amounts look light and also some weak elevated instability for possible thunder. The rain will be over Saturday morning. Also, low level southerly flow will continue with gusts to 30 mph at times. A strong cold front will move south into the area Saturday and will be along a San Angelo to Brownwood line by 00Z Sunday. Another warm day before strong cold air advection/much colder weather arrives for Sunday. Highs will be mainly in the 70s. However, temperatures may be slowly falling across the Big Country during the afternoon. && .LONG TERM... (Sunday through Friday) Issued at 1202 AM CST Sat Nov 29 2025 Sunday will be colder and afternoon highs will range from the lower 40s in some of our northern counties, to the upper 40s in the far southeastern part of our area. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy, and northeast winds will gradually decrease through the day. Increased cloud cover Sunday night will limit overnight lows to the lower to mid 30s. With increased low/mid level moisture and some lift, a few light rain showers will be possible early Monday morning to midday in far eastern and southeastern portions of the area (generally east of a Cross Plains to Junction line). With winds veering to south and southwest, temperatures will be comparatively warmer Monday. Highs will range from the 50-53 in our far northeast and eastern counties where cloud cover lingers longer into the day, to the upper 50s in the western Concho Valley and along the I-10 corridor. With an upper trough forecast to move east-southeast across the central/southern Plains Monday, a weaker cold front will move south across the Big Country Monday evening, and across the rest of our area early Monday night. After a cold start to the day Tuesday (morning lows mostly in the mid 20s to lower 30s), afternoon highs will be in the mid 50s to lower 60s as winds become south. Warmer temperatures will follow on Wednesday (highs mostly in mid to upper 60s) with partly cloudy skies and south to southwest winds. An upper trough is progged to move across the northern and central Plains, and extend southwest to the Four Corners area on Wednesday. This will push another cold front south across our area Wednesday evening into the overnight hours. Somewhat gusty north-northeast winds will follow passage of this cold front and continue into the day Thursday. Temperatures will be much cooler Thursday with highs ranging from the mid 50s north to lower 60s south. Skies will be mostly cloudy. Much of our area will have low rain chances (20-30 percent) Thursday into Thursday night, when an overrunning pattern may try to develop with an upper trough over the southwestern CONUS. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1051 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 MVFR to IFR Stratus at 5Z will continue to lower to IFR across the terminals near or just after 6Z. South wind gusts 20 to 27 KTS expected overnight IFR ceilings will rising to MVFR mid morning before scattering out to VFR late morning. A cold front will move into KABI mid afternoon and KSJT/KBBD around 00Z and KSOA/KJCT Sunday evening. Strong north winds gusting to 26 KTS expected with cold front && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 70 30 45 34 / 0 0 0 10 San Angelo 73 32 45 34 / 0 0 0 10 Junction 71 35 49 34 / 0 10 0 10 Brownwood 71 31 45 33 / 10 10 0 10 Sweetwater 69 30 43 34 / 0 0 0 10 Ozona 71 35 45 36 / 0 0 0 10 Brady 71 34 45 35 / 10 10 0 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...21 LONG TERM....19 AVIATION...04