FXUS64 KSJT 252342
AFDSJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
542 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
.DISCUSSION...
SEE 0Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
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.AVIATION...
LIGT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS
STREAMING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NEXT
24 HOURS. WILL WATCH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FOG OVERNIGHT AS
TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS LOWER, BUT THINK WINDS WILL KEEP AWAY THE
THREAT FOR ANY DENSE FOG.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009/
SHORT TERM...
ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IN STORE FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE BIG COUNTRY WHERE VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONSIDERABLE
SNOW COVER REMAINING. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPS
TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO NEAR 20 DEGREES ACROSS THIS AREA.
FURTHER SOUTH IN THE ABSENCE OF SNOW COVER...TEMPS WILL STILL BE
COLD. OTHER THAN SOME THIN CIRRUS...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR WITH LIGHT
TO CALM WINDS ALLOWING TEMPS TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S. SUNNY
SKIES ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY.
SHOULD SEE A GOOD DEAL OF SNOW MELT OVER THE BIG COUNTRY ON SATURDAY
BUT MUCH OF THE INSOLATION WILL GO INTO MELTING SO HIGHS ONLY IN THE
LOW 40S. ELSEWHERE TEMPS WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50
ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND WITH LOW TO MID 50S ACROSS
THE SOUTH.
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LONG TERM...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL...WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S AND
LOWS IN THE 20S. NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROF DUE IN EARLY NEXT WEEK AND
SOME LOW LEVEL COLD AIR STILL IN THE AREA. SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL
BRING A WEAK ELEVATED WARM LAYER INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...SO A
MIXTURE OF WINTRY PCPN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THEN A DRY
FORECAST FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATE NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN BELOW NORMAL NEXT WEEK. ALSO...ANOTHER MODIFIED ARCTIC
AIRMASS MOVING SOUTH INTO TEXAS BY NEW YEARS DAY.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 20 42 23 47 26 / 0 0 0 0 0
SAN ANGELO 23 50 23 50 25 / 0 0 0 0 0
JUNCTION 24 55 24 53 24 / 0 0 0 0 0
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.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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