About to Turn Much Colder

FROM KRBC CHIEF METEOROLOGIST RANDY TURNER ..

GOOD AFTERNOON / EVENING - LET'S TAKE THIS ONE STEP AT A TIME.
1. IT'S GOING TO GET MUCH COLDER TONIGHT, STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH ABILENE MIDNIGHT OR BEFORE.
2. TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE IN THE 30'S FRIDAY, WIND CHILLS TEENS AND 20'S.
3. RAIN IS VERY LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA COULD GET A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OR MORE. I ALSO WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY COLD. THIS WOULD BE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
4. THE BIG PROBLEM? TEMPERATURES - HOW COLD IS IT GOING TO GET IS THE BIG QUESTION WHICH DICTATES THE PRECIPITATION TYPE. AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE TIME PERIOD FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING IS WHEN TEMPERATURES WOULD BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME ICE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20, ROUGHLY.

THIS WEATHER SITUATION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP - ONLY SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES ARE IN A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AT THIS POINT - SNOW IS MORE LIKELY IN THAT AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. STAY TUNED !!