SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A strong arctic cold front will push south across north Texas on Wednesday bringing very cold conditions to the region Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures will begin to modify late Thursday, but then another cold front will move into the northern counties of north Texas Thursday night. This front will move through the rest of the area on Friday. An upper level disturbance will approach from the west Thursday night and Friday as the front is pushing south through the area. Lift associated with the cold front and the upper level disturbance will be sufficient for light precipitation across much of north Texas Thursday night through the weekend. Some of this could fall in the form of wintry precipitation late Thursday night through Saturday when the coldest temperatures occur. The best chances will likely occur on Friday when lift will be strongest along and north of the front. Precipitation would likely be in the form of light snow along the Red River; a mix of sleet and snow across central portions of north Texas; a mix of rain and sleet over south-central and southern counties; and predominately cold rain over the far southeastern counties. At this time it does not appear that precipitation will be sufficient for widespread travel problems with mainly trace amounts of snow and-or sleet accumulations expected. However, the potential will exist for a heavier band of sleet-snow to develop somewhere along or just north the front on Friday, which could produce isolated higher accumulations and localized travel impacts. It is still too early to tell exactly where, or even if, this will occur; but more will be revealed as newer data arrives over the next few days and higher resolution models begin shedding some light on the specifics of the event. Light winter precipitation and minor travel impacts may linger into Saturday. Precipitation chances will continue through Sunday, but warmer air moving in at the lower levels of the atmosphere should switch precipitation type back over to cold rain late Saturday and Sunday.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:23:23 +0000
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