Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS San Angelo, TX

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FXUS64 KSJT 050600
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
100 AM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025

...New SHORT TERM...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Warm and dry conditions will continue today and Monday.

- Low potential (<30%) for showers on Tuesday and Wednesday.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Today and tonight)
Issued at 1259 AM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025

Another quiet day is in store for west-central Texas with weak
southwest flow aloft over our area, ahead of a positively tilted
upper trough over the western CONUS. Our weather today will be
pretty similar to yesterday. Expecting a south to southeast breeze
as wind speeds increase by mid-morning and continue through the
afternoon. The area will have a diurnal cumulus field with low-
level moisture similar to yesterday. Highs will several degrees
above normal and in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Skies will be
mostly clear tonight with overnight lows in the lower to mid 60s.
The surface pressure gradient will weaken in our area and
southeast to south winds will drop off overnight.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Monday through Saturday)
Issued at 1245 AM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025

The upper level trough currently over the western U.S. will move
over northern CONUS for the start of next week. This will put us in
a more zonal pattern for the first half of the week. A few weak
shortwaves could move through the flow aloft to the north of our
area during this time. At the surface, southeast winds will increase
moisture for West Central Texas. A weak front is expected to push
into Oklahoma and potentially north Texas Tuesday into Wednesday.
There is still a lot of uncertainty in the southward progression of
the front, but it should have little impact on temperatures for
our area either way. The weak convergence near the front could
however be enough for a few showers to develop over the area. The
advection of moisture, breakdown of the ridge, and weak front will
bring a low potential (<30%) for showers starting Tuesday. The
best chance for rain will be Tuesday and Wednesday, but we could
see some lingering activity into the end of the work week. It is
worth noting that most of the area will not see rain this week.
Right now, the most likely rain amounts (25th to 75th percentile)
are between 0 and a quarter of an inch.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1227 AM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025

VFR conditions will continue through the next 24 hours with clear to
partly cloudy skies. May have some patchy low cloud development in
the 12Z-15Z time frame in some of our southern counties, and this
would bring a potential for brief MVFR ceilings. Not including a
mention yet in our southern terminals, but will monitor satellite
and observations and update if needed. Winds will veer a bit to
south-southeast overnight, and wind speeds will be 8-12 knots at
KABI and 5-7 knots at KSJT. Our southern terminals will have wind
speeds less than 5 knots. South our south-southeast winds will
increase by mid-morning at our TAF sites and continue through the
afternoon. The higher wind speeds (10-13 knots) are expected at
KABI, with gusts near 20 knots. Expect gusts to be near 18 knots at
KSJT and 12-14 knots at our southern terminals. Winds will back
slightly to the southeast by mid-to-late afternoon, and wind speeds
will decrease during the evening.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Abilene     90  66  91  66 /   0   0   0   0
San Angelo  89  62  90  65 /   0   0   0   0
Junction    90  61  90  65 /   0   0  10   0
Brownwood   89  62  90  64 /   0   0   0   0
Sweetwater  90  65  90  66 /   0   0   0   0
Ozona       88  61  89  64 /   0   0   0   0
Brady       87  63  88  65 /   0   0  10  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...19
LONG TERM....AP
AVIATION...19