1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 5:21 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 621 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 .AVIATION... LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT TOWARDS JUNCTION AND THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AS GULF MOISTURE SURGES NORTHWEST. MEANWHILE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TX COAST IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND. PLAN TO INSERT SCT CEILINGS TODAY DUE TO CUMULUS CLOUDS. AN ISOLATED TSTORM AND SOME CBS COULD FORM EAST AND SE OF KSJT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 318 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006) DISCUSSION... STILL BASICALLY A PERSISTENCE FORECAST FOR WEST CENTRAL TX THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. EARLY MORNING GOES VISIBLE AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS TROPICAL CONVECTION NEAR THE COASTAL BEND. LOW CLOUDS WERE WORKING NORTH THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF TX...NORTH OF THE CONVECTION. TO OUR SOUTH...A CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG BEND. THE 00Z GFS INITIALIZED THIS FEATURE WELL...AND KEEPS THE FEATURE TO OUR SOUTH...OVER DEEP SOUTH TX TODAY. EXPECT BEST RAIN CHANCES TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN UPPER CIRCULATION THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP 20 POPS GOING MAINLY EAST OF A JUNCTION TO BROWNWOOD LINE THIS AFTERNOON. FOR LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK... THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS WILL BUILD EAST INTO THE PLAINS. THE ALREADY LIMITED RAIN CHANCES OF TODAY AND THURSDAY WILL DECREASE FURTHER INTO THE WEEKEND. MAV GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS ARE VERY CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY DURING THIS PERIOD. HAVE A NAGGING SUSPICION THAT THE MAV TEMPS MAY BE A COUPLE DEGREES TOO COOL...WITH 100 DEGREE MAX TEMPS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. MAV GUIDANCE HAS HAD A TRACK RECORD OF LATE OF BEING ON THE COOL SIDE IN THE MID AND LATE FORECAST PERIODS. EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES ITS EASTWARD MIGRATION TO THE MS/OH RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING MONSOONAL MOISTURE OUT WEST INTO CLOSER PROXIMITY TO WEST CENTRAL TX. EXPECT TO SEE SOMEWHAT OF A ROLE REVERSAL FROM THIS WEEK...WITH SCATTERED STORMS NEAR AND TO OUR WEST...WHILE EAST TX IS MAINLY DRY DEEPER INTO THE RIDGE. && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 26/14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 629 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-271130- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 629 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. ANY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD SPARK WILDFIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ANY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD SPARK WILDFIRES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lewis Canyon fire started southwest of Abilene in rough terrain. The flames were fanned by gusty winds combined with low relative humidities. The fire burned an estimated 10,000 acres over the next 3 days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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