Snow Expected - Very Cold Friday Night - Warming This Weekend

From KRBC Chief Meteorologist Randy Turner ... 8:45pm Thursday night

A complex weather situation was taking shape late Thursday night. An upper level storm system was moving out of New Mexico into West Texas. Snow is expected in Abilene, but the heaviest snow may well stay south of Abilene. Snowfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are forecast across the Big Country. Lightest around Abilene, heaviest toward San Angelo, Ballinger, Coleman and Brownwood. Wherever bands of snow set up, isolated amounts greater than 3 inches are possible.

A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect for Nolan, Taylor, Callahan, Coke, Runnels, Coleman, Brown, Comanche and Mills counties from early Friday morning through the noon hour.

The system will move northwest to southeast. Areas along and either side of a line from Midland to San Angelo to Austin have a good chance at a Winter Wonderland.

The Big Country will see the biggest impact from the storm around sunrise Friday through the mid afternoon hours, then it's over.

Primary impacts will be travel problems from the snow which may also become a sheet of ice due to traffic. Temperatures are likely going to stay around freezing at their highest Friday, limiting any melting. This will further cause driving issues Friday night and Saturday morning as temperatures drop to near 20. Temperatures warm above freezing on Saturday afternoon.

A slow warming trend is forecast Sunday through early next week with no precipitation.