...THE FIRST SNOWFALL AND POSSIBLE ICING OF THE FALL SEASON IS
EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
...A KILLING FREEZE IS LIKELY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...
A strong cold front is forecast to move across the Oklahoma and
Texas Panhandles late tonight and early tomorrow morning and will
deliver the coldest air so far this fall season. In addition, an
upper level storm system is expected to affect the area beginning
late tonight and continuing into Monday. The combination of these
two features will likely result in the first snowfall and
possible icing of the fall season for most of the region.
Snow is forecast to develop across the northwest sections of the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles Sunday morning. Meanwhile, the
remainder of the area is likely to see wintry precipitation
expand southeast to include all of the Oklahoma Panhandle and most
of the Texas Panhandle by tomorrow evening. The wintry
precipitation is expected to diminish on Monday.
Preliminary indications are that one to three inches of snow with
locally higher amounts will be possible across the northwest
Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Parts of the central and western
Texas Panhandle along with the central and eastern Oklahoma
Panhandle could see up to five hundreths of an inch of ice
accretion.
In addition, low temperatures both early Monday morning and early
Tuesday morning are forecast to fall well into the 20s across the
Oklahoma Panhandle and nearly all of the Texas Panhandle, resulting
in a hard, killing freeze during these time periods.
You are encouraged to stay tuned to the latest forecasts from the
National Weather Service office in Amarillo, Texas by listening
to NOAA weather radio, commercial radio or television, or by
visiting our website at www.weather.gov/ama.