Snow possible in areas of Oklahoma Panhandle Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas Forecast Office

 

…FIRST DOSE OF WINTER TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY…

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING…THEN SWING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.  THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PANHANDLES BY SUNRISE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.  AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO
MOVE SOUTH…THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES…GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM GUYMON TO ROMERO. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ALONG AND WEST OF A HOOKER TO BORGER TO AMARILLO TO CANYON LINE…
WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO THE EAST. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MIDDAY THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA.

THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE THE COLDEST OF THE FALL
SEASON THUS FAR. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY MORNING AND ACROSS
MOST OF THE PANHANDLES ON FRIDAY MORNING.

THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT TRACK AND
STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM…WHICH WILL
ULTIMATELY IMPACT PRECIPITATION CHANCES…TYPE…AND AMOUNTS.

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