Dangerously hot conditions are occurring today in southeast Oklahoma, the ArkLaTex, lower Mississippi Valley, and Puerto Rico. Hot temperatures surround this area throughout the southern U.S. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories in effect. Excessive rainfall may lead to flash flooding today over parts of northern Alabama into eastern Tennessee and the Cascades. Read More >
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1020 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL WITH VERY LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN NOVEMBER... AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS 57.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.7 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR ABILENE IN NOVEMBER WAS ONLY A TRACE. THIS WAS 1.30 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 1.30 INCHES. NOVEMBER PRECIPITATION OF A ZERO OR A TRACE HAS BEEN RECORDED IN ABILENE ON 8 OTHER YEARS. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS 57.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 54.0 DEGREES. SAN ANGELO RECORDED NO PRECIPITATION IN NOVEMBER. THIS WAS 1.10 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 1.10 INCHES. NOVEMBER PRECIPITATION OF ZERO HAS BEEN RECORDED IN SAN ANGELO ON 7 OTHER YEARS. NOVEMBER 2005 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED NO PRECIPITATION DURING NOVEMBER. DRY AIRMASSES CONTINUALLY OCCUPIED THE REGION WITH LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR MOISTURE TO ENTER THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. LATE IN THE MONTH...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BROUGHT SHOWERS TO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. THESE OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF A RICHLAND SPRINGS TO JUNCTION LINE. THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHERN SAN SABA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MASON COUNTIES...WHERE QUARTER TO HALF INCH AMOUNTS OCCURRED. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING EARLY NOVEMBER...UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL DURING THIS TIME...AND HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED INTO THE 80S ON SEVERAL DAYS. A SIGNIGICANT CHANGE IN THE PATTERN ALOFT ALLOWED A STRONG COLD FRONT TO SWEEP SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE 15TH. GUSTY NORTH WINDS FOLLOWED PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...AND A PEAK GUST OF 44 MPH WAS RECORDED AT ABILENE. HIGH PRESSURE WITH A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIRMASS SETTLED SOUTH INTO TEXAS ON THE 16TH. A HARD FREEZE OCCURRED ON THE EARLY MORNING OF THE 16TH WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AREAWIDE. THIS MARKED THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE AUTUMN SEASON FOR ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S WERE RECORDED AT MOST LOCATIONS AGAIN ON THE 17TH. WITH VERY DRY AIR IN THE REGION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPED INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 17TH. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVED INTO THE PLAINS ON THE 27TH. THIS BROUGHT STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ABILENE RECORDED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 56 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 41 MPH WAS OBSERVED IN ABILENE ON THE 30TH WHEN GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION. $$