Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX

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561 FXUS64 KSJT 260759 AFDSJT Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 259 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024 ...New SHORT TERM... .SHORT TERM...
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(Today and tonight) Issued at 252 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024 Temperatures continue to creep up across West Central Texas, but in addition, the continued southeast flow off the Gulf Of Mexico is bringing in better low level moisture. After dewpoints dropped down in the upper 50s and lower 60s on Monday afternoon, they stayed in the mid and upper 60s on Tuesday afternoon and are forecasted to remain in the upper 60s to near 70 forecasted this afternoon. These readings will push Heat INdex values into the 105 to 108 range across much of the area and have therefore expanded the Heat Advisory across much more of the area for this afternoon. Otherwise, forecasted highs today will be near or maybe a degree or two hotter than what we saw on Tuesday. With this much moisture in place, overnight lows will struggle to drop much below the 80 degree mark.
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&& .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 248 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024 Hot and dry conditions continue into next week. Upper ridge over the Southwest U.S. and Texas will elongate and spread eastward Thursday into the weekend. Highs of 100 to 104 expected again Thursday, but temperatures may fall a degree or two this weekend, before increasing back up 1 degree or two Monday and Tuesday. Heat advisories may be needed Thursday for the Concho Valley, Big Country and Heartland. Beyond the 7 day day forecast, for the 4th of July, models indicate an area of relative weakness in the upper ridge, so there could be some isolated thunderstorm development, particularly in the Big Country. However, uncertainty is high that far out. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1224 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024 Similarly to yesterday, mostly VFR conditions will prevail across West Central Texas terminals through Wednesday evening. Some patchy MVFR cigs will be possible for a few hours after sunrise across the southern locations, but should quickly lift and dissipate. Otherwise, light south to southeast winds will prevail, occasionally gusting up around 20 mph during daylight hours. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 102 79 102 79 / 0 0 0 0 San Angelo 105 78 104 78 / 0 0 0 0 Junction 99 76 100 76 / 0 0 0 0 Brownwood 99 76 100 76 / 10 0 0 0 Sweetwater 102 79 103 79 / 0 0 0 0 Ozona 99 75 99 75 / 0 0 0 0 Brady 97 76 98 76 / 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening for Brown-Callahan-Coke-Coleman-Concho-Fisher-Haskell-Irion- Jones-McCulloch-Nolan-Runnels-San Saba-Shackelford-Sterling- Taylor-Throckmorton-Tom Green. && $$ SHORT TERM...07 LONG TERM....04 AVIATION...07