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 1139 PM CST WED DEC 6 2006 ...TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL WHILE PRECIPTATION WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN NOVEMBER... SCATTERED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY RECEIVED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES FOR NOVEMBER. FOR MANY LOCATIONS HOWEVER...TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH VARIED UNDER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS 56.9 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 53.7 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR ABILENE IN NOVEMBER WAS 0.12 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.18 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 1.30 INCHES. ABILENE RECORDED 0.6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN NOVEMBER. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS 57.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 54.0 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SAN ANGELO IN NOVEMBER WAS ONLY 0.01 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.09 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 1.10 INCHES. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED IN SAN ANGELO IN NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER 2006 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... OVERALL DURING NOVEMBER...A LACK OF MOISTURE RETURN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE TRACK OF STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION RESULTED WELL BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A LIGHT FREEZE OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY (INCLUDING ABILENE) ON THE EARLY MORNING OF THE 2ND. THIS MARKED THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE AUTUMN SEASON AT THOSE LOCATIONS. A DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS OCCUPIED THE REGION ON THE 8TH AND 9TH. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED THE UPPER 80S ON THE 8TH...AND WERE AROUND 90 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. RECORD HIGHS WERE SET ON THE 9TH WITH 90 AT ABILENE AND 91 DEGREES AT SAN ANGELO. THESE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE JUST A COUPLE OF DEGREES SHORT OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM DROPPED INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE ON THE 14TH BEFORE MOVING EAST TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THE 15TH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH THIS SYSTEM SWEPT THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THE 14TH AND 15TH. STRONG GUSTY NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOWED PASSAGE OF THIS COLD FRONT... AND CONTINUED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON THE 15TH. PEAK WIND GUSTS REACHED 54 MPH AT ABILENE...45 MPH AT SAN ANGELO...AND 41 MPH AT JUNCTION. MUCH DRIER AIR INVADED THE REGION ON THE 15TH IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPED BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH COLDER AIR SETTLED SOUTH INTO WEST TEXAS ON THE NIGHT OF THE 15TH. WITH DIMINISHED WINDS AND THE DRY AIRMASS...TEMPERATURES FELL QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE AUTUMN SEASON OCCURRED ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE EARLY MORNING OF THE 16TH. AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THE 29TH...MUCH COLDER AIR INVADED THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS. PEAK WIND GUSTS ON THE 30TH INCLUDED 39 MPH AT ABILENE...43 MPH AT SAN ANGELO AND 41 MPH IN JUNCTION. TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 30S ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE 30TH...AND WIND CHILL VALUES WERE IN THE TEENS FOR PART OF THE DAY. AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVED OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND INTO TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THE 30TH...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION NORTH OF A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATED TO AROUND AN INCH AT SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. ABILENE REPORTED THUNDER WITH THE PRECIPITATION...AND A SNOWFALL OF 0.6 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED IN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES. $$