Good Morning from KRBC Meteorologist Chis Whited...*** Winter Storm Warning in effect from midnight until 6:00 PM on Tuesday for Scurry, Mitchell, Coke, Runnels, Coleman & Brown County ***
*** Winter Weather Advisory in effect from midnight until 6:00 PM on Tuesday for Taylor, Nolan, Callahan, Shackelford, Jones, Fisher, Haskell & Throckmorton County ***
*** Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 6:00 PM Monday until 12:00 PM on Tuesday for Stonewall County ***
*** Winter Storm Watch in effect from 3:00 AM until 9:00 PM on Tuesday for Eastland & Comanche County ***
* Cloudy and cool today with highs in the lower 40s across the area. A cool north breezy will make it feel chillier at times today. An upper level storm system over the Northern Rockies is forecast to drop southeast into New Mexico and West Texas. Concurrently, reinforcing cold air will be moving south into the region and will combine with good lift and moisture to produce snow over West Central Texas. At the current time the area with the best potential for significant snowfall will be between Interstates 10 and 20. The snow is expected to begin late tonight and will continue through much of the day on Tuesday.
* Precipitation in the form of rain or a rain snow mix is expected to begin Monday night with a fairly quick transition over to snow Tuesday morning as colder air filters into the region. The
snow will be heavy at times with accumulations of 2-4 inches across the Big Country and 4 to 6 inches across the Northern Heartland and the Northern Concho Valley. Anyone planning travel across the warning area on tuesday will need to stay tuned to the latest updates to the forecast.
* The Week Ahead: After the winter weather event tonight and Tuesday the sunshine returns on Wednesday. Highs climb into the middle 40s on Wednesday and back into the middle 50s on Thursday and Friday. Lows at night into the middle 30s. Another storm system arrives on Friday bringing a chance for rain into the area. Over the weekend there is another chance for rain on Sunday. I will say the models do have cold air in place with this system on Sunday. I have a forecast for rain that day which may be changed to wintry precipitation as new data comes in and we get closer to the event.
* The Winter Outlook: The Climate Prediction Center indicates a moderate El Niño pattern continues to bring West Central Texas a wetter pattern here in the winter months. Increased wintry precipitation is possible depending on temperature trends. Equal chances of above or below normal temperatures remain possible for the area.
* Drought Information: For the latest drought information for the state of Texas please visit the U.S Drought Monitor website by clicking here. The data is updated by the government every Thursday morning around 7:30 AM local time.
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Enjoy your Monday...
