000 FXUS64 KSJT 070952 AFDSJT AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 352 AM CST THU FEB 7 2008 .SHORT TERM... COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PROBABLY OCCUR ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER FROPA. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW QUICKLY RETURNS TONIGHT...AND THEN ANOTHER SURFACE TROF MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER. .LONG TERM... UPPER LEVEL WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...WILL GO WITH A MAINLY DRY FORECAST...ONLY SLGT CHC POPS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE GFS IS INDICATING A SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN WELL NORTHEAST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...HOWEVER COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 60 36 66 34 / 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 61 35 70 35 / 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 65 30 72 33 / 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ 21