Good Morning from KRBC Meteorologist Chris Whited...
*** Wind Chill Advisory in effect for all of West Central Texas until 7:00 A.M. on Thursday. Wind chill values will range from -10 to 10 across the area. ***
* One of the coldest mornings we've seen in many years across West Central Texas with temperatures in the single digits and teens across the region. Cloudy, breezy and cold on this Wednesday across the Big Country, the Northern Heartland and the Northern Concho Valley. Highs today only in the middle 10s (teens) and overnight lows tonight around 5° area wide. A disturbance working out of New Mexico across West Texas will bring a slight chance of some isolated snow showers today. No accumulation issues are expected with these showers.
* Late Week: Mostly cloudy and cold on Thursday with highs around 20 and dropping down to around 10 Thursday night. Another weak system working across the region could bring some light snow across West Central Texas late tomorrow night and into Friday. Wind chill values will remain below zero at times. On Friday we'll become partly cloudy and warm up into the middle 30s. Hopefully we can get some better melting going on the snow and ice by that point. Lows Friday night into the middle 20s.
* Weekend/Next Week: Partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the lower 50s on Saturday and upper 50s on Sunday. Lows at night into the middle 20s to lower 30s. Models are hinting at another round of cold weather for early next week and also a chance for some more wintry precipitation across West Central Texas.
* Roadways: Roadways across the Big Country, the Northern Concho Valley and the Northern Heartland will remain extremely dangerous for today, tonight and on Thursday with high temperatures in the 10s and 20s and overnight lows ranging between 5 to 15 degrees. Even if there is some slight melting or some of the roadways have some tracks from vehicle travel these spots will quickly ice back over and become treacherous.
* Drought Information: For the latest drought information & map 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 Wednesday...
