From National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas, snow possible Tuesday and Wednesday

…SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRAVERSE NORTHERN MEXICO TONIGHT…
THEN SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE…BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. PRECIPITATION TYPE MAY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN…
SNOW OR SLEET…BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FOR
LOCATIONS ON THE CAPROCK. OFF THE CAPROCK…THE PRECIPITATION TYPE
SHOULD PERSIST AS RAIN THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER
TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY NIGHT…USHERING IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW IS
FORECAST TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY AS THIS UPPER
LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED…MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.

ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MAINLY IMPACTING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AT THIS TIME…ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW 1 INCH.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST.

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