A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will bring excessive rainfall, flash flooding, and very strong winds to southwest Oregon and northwest California through Thursday. A High Risk (level 4 of 4) of Excessive Rainfall has been issued. A storm system over the northern Plains will produce locally heavy snow in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Read More >
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 815 PM CST FRI JAN 6 2006 ...PRECIPITATION WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN DECEMBER... TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER WAS LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVED AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER WAS 45.0 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 45.4 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR ABILENE IN DECEMBER WAS JUST 0.11 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.16 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 1.27 INCHES. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER WAS 46.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 46.4 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SAN ANGELO IN DECEMBER WAS ONLY 0.02 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.92 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 0.94 INCHES. DECEMBER 2005 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... EARLY IN THE MONTH...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WERE EXPERIENCED ON THE 2ND AND 3RD. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES (IN THE UPPER 80S) WERE REACHED AT ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO. WITH THE COMBINATION OF WARM AIR...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR...A COUPLE OF GRASS FIRES OCCURRED IN THE REGION (NEAR POTOSI AND JUST NORTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO). FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...A VERY COLD AIRMASS SETTLED INTO THE REGION. LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WERE IN THE TEENS ON THE 8TH AND 9TH. RECORD LOWS WERE REACHED AT SAN ANGELO ON THE 7TH...8TH...AND 9TH...AND AT ABILENE ON THE 8TH. ABILENE ALSO SET A RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 27 DEGREES ON THE 7TH. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES ALSO OCCURRED LATE IN THE MONTH... DURING THE WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS DAY. RECORD HIGHS WERE REACHED IN ABILENE ON THE 26TH AND 27TH...AND IN SAN ANGELO ON THE 26TH. WITH RATHER DRY AIRMASSES SITUATED OVER THE REGION DURING DECEMBER... PRECIPITATION WAS QUITE LIGHT AND ONLY OCCURRED ON A FEW OCCASIONS. $$