Winter weather, from National Weather Service, Amarillo
WINTER WEATHER IMPACT STATEMENT…
VALID…
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED…
SNOW.
AFFECTED AREA…
ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.
FORECAST TIMING OF THE EVENT…
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AS MAINLY RAIN
BEFORE MIXING WITH SNOW DURING THE DAY THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL
SNOW ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BEFORE
COMING TO AN END BY MONDAY EVENING.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS…
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS STORM.
THERE IS AN OUTSIDE POSSIBILITY FOR LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLY
SUNDAY BUT TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING EARLY
IN THE DAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS BY LATE SUNDAY…CONTINUING INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY.
DISCUSSION…
ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BEGINNING ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IS
STILL SPINNING OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE
ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES BETWEEN NOW AND SUNDAY. THIS PRECIPITATION
IS FORECAST TO BEGIN AS RAIN AND/OR SNOW. HOWEVER…WE COULD SEE A
BRIEF WINDOW OF ICING POTENTIAL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES
DROP BELOW FREEZING. THIS PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO TRANSITION
OVER TO ALL SNOW AREAWIDE BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THERE REMAINS
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHEN THIS TRANSITION WILL OCCUR.
RECENT MODEL RUNS SUGGEST THAT TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
MAY BE WARM ENOUGH TO SLOW THIS TRANSITION OR EVEN PRECLUDE IT FROM
OCCURRING UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY EAT INTO THE
FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS…RESULTING IN A BIG BUST POTENTIAL FOR THIS
SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME…THE FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM 3
TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IF THE TRANSITION OCCURS
QUICKER…SNOW AMOUNTS WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED UPWARD. CONVERSELY…
IF THE TRANSITION IS SLOWER…WE WILL NEED TO BRING THESE NUMBERS
DOWN. WIND SPEEDS DURING THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 25
MPH …SO BLOWING SNOW IS NOT A BIG CONCERN AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER…
THESE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD STILL POSE TRAVEL ISSUES.
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