Tuesday from National Weather Service (Reports below from National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office, Tulsa Forecast Office and Amarillo, Texas Forecast Office)

Good morning,

I’ll be on the road, but  first I wanted to share these reports from the National  Weather Service Forecast Offices  in Norman, Tulsa and Amarillo, Texas that cover the majority of Oklahoma. Each office is calling for  some snow accumulations.  These reports are from Tuesday morning from the  National Weather Service, The NewsOk.com home  page will contain updates through the day from Oklahoman staff writers. So please look  to NewsOK.com for new information. Thank  you and have a safe day. Bryan

National Weather Service, Norman:
SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE AROUND 2 INCHES FROM WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS…SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS EFFECTIVE AFTER 3 PM.
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National  Weather Service, Tulsa:

1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT…

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WINTER WEATHER.
SNOW ACCUMULATION.
RISK…LIMITED.
AREA…EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET…LATE AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION…
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON…AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE
REGION OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A RAIN AND SNOW MIX
LATE THIS AFTERNOON…WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY…NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY…WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.

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National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas (covers Oklahoma Panhandle)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
…WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT…

THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED…

SNOW

AFFECTED AREA…

ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES…WITH THE GREATEST IMPACT
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

FORECAST TIMING OF THE EVENT…

SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING WITH
THE SNOW ENDING LAST ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE TONIGHT.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS…

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE…WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLES. ROADS MAY BECOME
SNOWPACKED AND ICY…MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
MOTORISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES THIS MORNING AND APPROACH THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD AIR MASS WILL BE
IN PLACE OVER THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE A SOUTHERLY
SURFACE FLOW WILL BRING PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA.
THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
AND FAR WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT. THIS WILL PUT THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE…AND MOST OF THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE SNOW.

Also from National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas (in case you plan  to travel to or through the  Texas Panhandle)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
TUE DEC 29 2009

OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…VEGA…AMARILLO…PANHANDLE…
WHITE DEER…PAMPA…SHAMROCK…WHEELER…HEREFORD…CANYON…
CLAUDE…CLARENDON…WELLINGTON
TUE DEC 29 2009

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  PANHANDLE TUESDAY MORNING…THEN SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST
  ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH BY LATE TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW
  WILL RESULT IN SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS
  THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE
  ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
  IN THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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