Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX

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570 FXUS64 KSJT 201726 AFDSJT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1226 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Today and tonight) Issued at 212 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Expect hot and humid conditions today as a strong upper level high pressure ridge(current 500 MB temperatures around 0 deg C) remains over the Southern Plains. Heat Index values may reach 100 to 105 across much of the area for a few hours this afternoon due to low level moisture combining with the above normal temperatures. Highs will be 95 to 100. If you have to be outside, please follow heat safety precautions. Expect another warm and humid night with lows 70 to 75. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 253 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 ...Chance of Showers and Storms return starting Sunday as a cold front moves into the area. ...Temperatures cool back to near or below normal for next week... Model blends and ensembles have come into a little better agreement for the upcoming week and therefore rain chances have inched up a little more. General idea is that the upper level ridge will weaken and allow a broad upper level trough to settle into the Plains. Cold front arrives with it on, sagging into the area as early as Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. Good low level moisture remains in place and will overrun the frontal boundary with rain chances increasing Sunday night, with the primary focus on the area north and west of an Abilene to San Angelo line. The main shortwave will push away from the area and rain chances will decrease for Monday and Monday Night, before another shortwave rounds the base of the main upper trough and helps produce another round of convection for mid week. Lots of spread in the models specifically with regards to timing of the second shortwave so suspect that as we get closer to the event, the broad POPs we see in the mid to late next week will settle into a few periods of higher POP chances with less the rest of the time. As for temperatures, cloud cover and rain will drop afternoon highs back into the 70s and 80s for Monday with readings mainly near or a little below normal for the rest of the extended. && .AVIATION...
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(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1204 PM CDT Fri Sep 20 2024 Gusty winds are likely again this afternoon and will weaken after sunset. Low clouds ware expected again overnight in similar areas to this morning. MVFR conditions are likely at KJCT and KSOA and are possible at KBBD and KSJT. Low clouds should start to clear out in the late morning.
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&& .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
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Abilene 73 95 72 91 / 0 0 0 40 San Angelo 73 95 72 92 / 0 0 0 20 Junction 71 93 69 91 / 0 0 0 10 Brownwood 71 95 69 92 / 0 0 0 10 Sweetwater 74 94 74 89 / 0 0 10 50 Ozona 73 90 72 89 / 0 0 0 20 Brady 71 92 69 91 / 0 0 0 10
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&& .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...21 LONG TERM....07 AVIATION...AP