Winter Wonderland

Good Morning from Morning Meteorologist Kristen Connolly….

The artic air has moved into the Big Country. Yesterday we still managed to make it up to 76 at the Abilene Regional Airport but when that Cold front rolled through around 2 pm we dropped 18 degrees in 2 minutes. Since then we have stayed chilly and by 10 pm we had hit the freezing mark. A Wintry mix began rolling into our area around 1 am and began changing to snow around 4 am.

Right now most the Big Country is under Winter Storm Warning. Stonewall is under a Snow Advisory and Coke and Runnels a Winter Weather Advisory. Through this morning we could see an accumulation 3 inches throughout counties in the Big Country. Already this morning Scurry had a report of 3 inches. The snow should move out of the area by the early afternoon, even a little later towards our Eastern counties and we will begin to see clearing skies. High temperatures will make it to just around freezing but with plenty of winds the wind chills will make into the teens and even some single digits. Overnight the winds will die down and with the clearing skies we should see low temperatures drop to around 20 degrees.

Tomorrow through the weekend we should see temperatures just around 50 degrees with lows in the upper 20’s, with no more precipitation in the forecast.

Have a great day and drive safely.