Coldest air of the season expected in the Oklahoma Panhandle late Friday into the weekend, National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
700 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012

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700 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012

…THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO INVADE THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND…

THE FIRST OF TWO STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS THIS
FIRST COLD FRONT MOVES BY…WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO
25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. IN ADDITION…MUCH COOLER
AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION…WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY ONLY EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 60S AT MOST LOCATIONS.
LOW TEMPERATURES BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS SHOULD RANGE FROM
THE MIDDLE 30S ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS TO THE MIDDLE 40S ACROSS
THE FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION…FROST MAY OCCUR
ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS
PANHANDLE BOTH EARLY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS.

THE SECOND STRONG COLD FRONT IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS
PARTICULAR COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS FALL
SEASON TO THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO ONLY CLIMB INTO THE 40S. A LIGHT FREEZE MAY OCCUR LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AS LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES. IN ADDITION…FROST WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD AS LOW TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S.

MODERATING TEMPERATURES ARE THEN ANTICIPATED BY MONDAY AS A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO TEXAS CONCERNING
THIS UPCOMING CHANGE TO MUCH COLDER WEATHER BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE
AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA.

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