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FXUS64 KSJT 071126
AFDSJT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
526 AM CST THU FEB 7 2008


.AVIATION...

EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A WEAK
COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS
MORNING...EXPECT FRONT TO APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR
AROUND 13Z AND APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AROUND 17Z.
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS
WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND BECOME 10 KNOTS OR
LESS. &&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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.
&&

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