PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
750 AM CST MON NOV 1 1999
...OCTOBER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL FOR OCTOBER. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL
AIRPORT/MATHIS FIELD...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER WAS 66.2
DEGREES...WHICH WAS EXACTLY NORMAL. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE
MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO 66.2 DEGREES...AND THIS WAS JUST TWO
TENTHS OF A DEGREE BELOW NORMAL.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR BOTH ABILENE AND SAN
ANGELO. ABILENE RECEIVED 1.66 INCHES OF RAINFALL...COMPARED TO THE NORMAL
RAINFALL OF 2.51 INCHES. SAN ANGELO RECEIVED ONLY 94 HUNDREDTHS OF AN
INCH...COMPARED TO THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 2.40 INCHES.
DURING THE MONTH...SCATTERED LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER ONE HALF INCH
OCCURRED ON THE 3RD...8TH...30TH...AND 31ST.
WARM AND MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES PREVAILED THROUGH ABOUT THE FIRST
HALF OF OCTOBER. A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON
OCTOBER 16TH...BRINGING MUCH COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION...ACCOMPANIED BY
GUSTY NORTH WINDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THIS FRONT...AND THE RAIN CONTINUED INTO THE 17TH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
GENERALLY VARIED UNDER ONE INCH...BUT SCATTERED TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...HEARTLAND...NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU...AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVED IN
EXCESS OF 3 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OF 6 TO 7 INCHES OCCURRED IN
PARTS OF SUTTON COUNTY. AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...THE COOL AIR
REMAINED OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR A FEW DAYS...AS MORNING LOWS DROPPED
INTO THE 30S. AT SAN ANGELO...THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 36 DEGREES ON THE
18TH...TYING THE THE RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE.
ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 29TH...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTHEAST THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED THIS
FRONT. NORTH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH OCCURRED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH WERE COMMON THROUGHOUT
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH MUCH HIGHER TOTALS RECEIVED AT SOME LOCATIONS.
WIDELY SCATTERED RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 1.25 INCHES AND 1.75 INCHES
OCCURRED IN THE AREA BETWEEN BIG SPRING AND ABILENE...AND BETWEEN ABILENE
AND RICHLAND SPRINGS. A FEW LOCATIONS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO
ALSO RECEIVED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.25 INCHES AND 1.75 INCHES. SCATTERED
AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1.25 INCHES OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE
FROM ROBERT LEE TO RICHLAND SPRINGS.
NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING OCTOBER.
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