Stormy This Morning - Colder Air Coming !!!

From KRBC Chief Meteorologist Randy Turner ....

A little after 1:00am on Thursday and I'm watching a very impressive weather event unfold on radar and satellite.

A rapidly developing line of thunderstorms, long and narrow, stretches from the the Red River near Childress to southwest of San Angelo.

This line was sitting over Colorado City and Snyder where it has rained quite a lot already but no warnings have been issued as of yet. Storms through Thursday morning will be capable of damaging straight line winds, possibly small hail and brief heavy rainfall.

Really impressive cold air pouring through New Mexico early this morning .. Clovis at 36. SNOWING in El Paso and 36. Lubbock sits at 44 with rain. Albuquerque at 33!!!

This time last week the forecast models pretty well laid out this very scenario of colder weather for New Mexico and West Texas and hinted that we'll get a dose of the colder weather too.

Then the models did what sends fear through a forecaster ... they hedged and said wait a minute, not so fast. Probably not as cold, yada yada. Guess what. What the models saw seven days ago is closer in line with what I'm seeing this morning concerning temperatures to our west.

The cold air is being supplied by a very vigorous upper level low, very impressive on satellite and composed of very cold air at its core thousands of feet above ground. That cold is translating down to the surface and we get a dose of it today (Thursday).

The warmest part of our day? Thursday morning. By late Thursday afternoon, it'll be in the 50's. By Friday morning, a range from mid 30's to low 40's across our area. Chilly through the day on Friday too, in the 50's.

Weekend weather looks nice with sunny conditions and low 70's for highs, mid 40's for lows. Trick or treaters Saturday night can expect temps in the 60's early evening to 50's late evening.