Gotta Love Texas Weather

Good morning everybody! Trough (elongated) area of low pressure approaching Texas from the west has our winds at around 18,000 feet blowing out of the west southwest. Those west southwesterly winds aloft are carrying warm air over our cool air here at the surface. We call this weather setup overrunning. That pattern is giving us the sporadic, yet heavy, downpours across the area today. As the trough of low pressure approaches Texas this evening; we will continue to see about a 50% chance for showers and thunder showers here across central Texas through Tuesday morning.

An area of surface low pressure will develop over the Texas Panhandle and turn our winds out of the west southwest during the day tomorrow here in central Texas, that shift in wind direction will allow for drier and warmer weather to return for Tuesday afternoon. In fact, we may climb into the lower 70s across portions of the area tomorrow. Now this is where it gets interesting. While we are enjoying temperatures in the 60s to lower 70s across our area, the Texas Panhandle will likely be in the 20s and 30s with snow falling! Latest high resolution forecast models are indicating a good 2-6 inches of snow could fall across areas from Amarillo to as far east as Oklahoma City...Lubbock will not see quite as much, however, with less than 0.50 inches of snow.

Forecast Radar at 11 a.m. Tuesday Morning (Heavy snow falling across the Panhandle and western Oklahoma) 

Forecasted Snowfall Accumulation between now and Wednesday:

The Snow Pack will keep temperatures much colder than surrounding locations on Wednesday afternoon...temps around the area of snow will be in the 40s and 50s, however, where snow remains on the ground, highs will not get out of the 30s. Remember, sun's rays warm the earth, however, snow reflects solar rays, therefore, temperatures will not be able to climb over the snow pack. Pretty cool!

Gusty cold front arrives Friday night dropping temps into the 30s area wide by Saturday morning...highs struggle into the 50s on Saturday under a bright blue sky thanks to continued northerly breezes. Temps will fall into the 30s Saturday night with some areas receiving a freeze. Quick return to southerly winds on Sunday will take highs back into the 60s.