- … WINTER PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…
- VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE OVER THE STATE TODAY AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ADDITIONAL ARCTIC FRONTS PUSH THROUGH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR IS IN PLACE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
- PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT SLEET ALONG THE RED RIVER… A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS… AND A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET OVER AND POSSIBLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS… WITH MAINLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND/OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. HOWEVER… THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HEAVIER BAND OF SLEET/SNOW TO DEVELOP SOMEWHERE ALONG A COMANCHE TO PALESTINE LINE ON FRIDAY… WHICH COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS AND LOCALIZED TRAVEL IMPACTS.
- SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING… WARM AIR RETURNING OVER THE ARCTIC AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN… FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG AND NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO CLEBURNE AND EMORY LINE SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OVERNIGHT WHICH COULD RESULT IN TRAVEL IMPACTS LASTING INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
- THIS IS STILL A DEVELOPING EVENT WITH MANY UNCERTAINTIES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPES… AMOUNTS AND IMPACTS. WE WILL RE-EVALUATE AND REFINE FORECASTS IN THE COMING DAYS WITH HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS SHEDDING NEW LIGHT AND A HIGHER CONFIDENCE REGARDING SPECIFICS ON THE POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
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