Cold weather information for the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, from the National Weather Service, Texas

CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…BEAVER…
FORGAN…DALHART…STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…PERRYTON…
BOOKER…HIGGINS…FOLLETT…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…
BORGER…MIAMI…CANADIAN…VEGA…AMARILLO…PANHANDLE…
WHITE DEER…PAMPA…SHAMROCK…WHEELER…HEREFORD…CANYON…
CLAUDE…CLARENDON…WELLINGTON
327 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012

…VERY COLD TONIGHT ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA…

A COLD NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR THE PANHANDLES AS A MODIFIED ARCTIC
AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS OVERNIGHT…AS
SNOW MOVES OUT OF THE AREA AND SKIES CLEAR FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL STEADILY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN…WITH WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED
TO BE LESS THAN 10 MPH BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. HOWEVER EVEN WITH THESE
WEAKENING WINDS…WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
IN MOST LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT…AND INTO THE ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO
RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TEXAS
PANHANDLE. 

IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES…LIGHT SNOW WILL IMPACT
PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A QUICK SHOT OF SNOW AS A PROGRESSIVE
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE KICKS EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO. THE MAIN FOCUS
FOR SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR OLDHAM AND DEAF
SMITH COUNTIES…WHERE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED.
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH ELSEWHERE.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LAST NO MORE THAN THREE TO FOUR HOURS IN ANY
ONE LOCATION. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT…ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS PARTS OF THE
FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 3 OR 4 AM.

SOME VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SNOW…AND EVEN
THESE LIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD LEAD TO SOME SLICK ROADWAYS THIS
EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
THESE POSSIBLE DEGRADED CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.
STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS BY VISITING
OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AMA…FOLLOWING NWS AMARILLO ON
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER…LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…OR THROUGH
YOUR PREFERRED MEDIA OUTLET.

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