702 FXUS64 KSJT 120509 AFDSJTArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1209 AM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025
...New LONG TERM...
.KEY MESSAGES...
- A few showers and storms possible west of a Sweetwater to Sterling City line this weekend. Otherwise, continued dry and warm.
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.SHORT TERM... (This evening through Friday) Issued at 1244 PM CDT Thu Sep 11 2025
The warm summer-like weather will continue through Friday. An upper level ridge remains centered over west Texas today, and will continue to be the dominant feature for our weather through the next 24 hours. This will keep our weather dry and warm, with highs again in the mid to upper 90s on Friday, and lows in the mid 60s to near 70. Winds will generally be southerly at 5 to 15 mph, with mainly clear skies, although there will be another chance for low clouds to affect the southern half of the forecast area during the morning hours Friday.
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.LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 1207 AM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025
Upper level ridge slides to the east for the weekend as an upper level trough deepens over the Central Rockies. This puts western Texas into a southwest flow aloft and helps pulls better upper level northward into the area. By Saturday, actually have higher precipitable water values over west Texas than over the central portions of the state. Models have a shortwave rotating through the bottom side of the upper trough for Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. CAMs are starting to reach out that far, with the HRRR and to a lesser extent the NAMNEST showing convection across the Permian Basin and South Plains with a little of it reaching into the western Big Country and western Concho Valley before the convection dissipates. Will carry some small POPs west of a Sweetwater to Sterling City line for both Saturday and Sunday, although again this means the vast majority of the area will remain dry.
As we mentioned yesterday, there`s little change in air mass so temperatures will not change very much either. Highs will continue to be in the low to mid 90s, with morning lows mainly in the mid and upper 60s.
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.AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1206 AM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025
Morning MVFR stratus is expected to develop by 12Z this morning along the I-10 corridor but should burn off between 15-17Z. VFR conditions should follow with southeast winds increasing to around 10KT this afternoon. Some gusts near 20KT could occur.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 95 70 94 71 / 0 0 0 0 San Angelo 93 66 91 68 / 0 0 0 0 Junction 92 63 91 66 / 0 0 0 0 Brownwood 94 66 93 67 / 0 0 0 0 Sweetwater 94 69 94 71 / 0 0 0 0 Ozona 90 67 89 67 / 0 0 10 0 Brady 91 65 91 67 / 0 0 0 0
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.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
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SHORT TERM...20 LONG TERM....07 AVIATION...SK
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