PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
753 AM CDT WED SEP 1 1999
...SAN ANGELO RECEIVES ITS 4TH DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD...WHILE ABILENE
RECEIVES ITS 5TH WARMEST AUGUST...
A PERSISTENT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE WEATHER OVER WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST...RESULTING IN HOT AND MAINLY
DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES OCCURRED
DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST...WITH THE LARGEST FIRE CONSUMING THOUSANDS OF
RANCHLAND ACRES IN WESTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY.
AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...ONLY 0.03 INCH OF RAIN FALL DURING THE
MONTH OF AUGUST...RESULTING IN A TIE WITH 1922 AND 1983 FOR THE FOURTH
DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD. NORMAL AUGUST RAINFALL FOR SAN ANGELO IS 1.93
INCHES. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED OTHER PORTIONS OF SAN
ANGELO TO RECEIVE MORE RAINFALL THAN THE AIRPORT...BUT IT WAS STILL A DRY
MONTH FOR THE CITY. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...ONLY 0.42 INCH OF RAIN
WAS REPORTED IN AUGUST...WHICH WAS FAR BELOW THE NORMAL AUGUST RAINFALL
OF 2.80 INCHES.
PERSISTENT HOT WEATHER WAS THE RULE FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN AUGUST...
RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES THAT WERE ABOVE NORMAL. AT ABILENE REGIONAL
AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 87.0 DEGREES...
RESULTING IN THE FIFTH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE MEAN AUGUST
TEMPERATURE FOR ABILENE IS 83.2 DEGREES. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL
AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 85.2 DEGREES...
WHICH WAS WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE MEAN AUGUST TEMPERATURE OF 81.9 DEGREES.
ABILENE REPORTED TIED RECORD HIGHS TWICE IN AUGUST...ON THE 12TH AND
27TH...WHILE NO DAILY RECORD HIGHS OR LOWS WERE SET OR TIED IN SAN
ANGELO.
THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES IN ABILENE ON 18 DAYS IN
AUGUST AND 23 DAYS SO FAR THIS SUMMER. FOR SAN ANGELO...THE TEMPERATURE
REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES ON 13 DAYS IN AUGUST AND 18 DAYS SO FAR
THIS SUMMER.
RAINFALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WAS SPOTTY WITH A FEW LOCATIONS
RECEIVING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT OVERALL IT WAS A DRY MONTH ACROSS
THE REGION. ONLY A FEW NOTABLE RAIN EVENTS OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH. ON
THE 4TH...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED BUT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WERE SPARSE WITH ONLY ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING 1/2 TO 1 INCH
OF RAINFALL. ON THE 24TH...A FEW PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 RECEIVED UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL. ON THE 28TH...RAINFALL
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRED IN A FEW PORTIONS OF THE HEARTLAND. AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN LATE
AUGUST WAS MISSED WHEN THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BRET...WHICH MADE
LANDFALL SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI...PASSED TOO FAR TO THE SOUTH WHICH KEPT
THE RAIN OUT OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE ONLY NOTABLE SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING
AUGUST OCCURRED ON THE 28TH WHEN THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER POLES IN THE CITIES OF COLEMAN AND BROWNWOOD.
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