jan 19 th -20 th winter event

Jan 19th-20th Winter Event

NWS Amarillo, TX

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Winter Event• Snow will begin this evening in the Oklahoma

Panhandle, northern Texas Panhandle. • Southern Texas Panhandle not likely to see snow

until after midnight, if then. Freezing drizzle or freezing fog possible tonight into tomorrow morning.

• Northerly winds 15 to 30 mph with higher gusts behind the cold front through tomorrow morning– Patchy blowing snow possible for areas that have snow

on the ground– Lowest wind chill values tomorrow morning -5 to 5

degrees

Confidence• Timing and Track – High• Probability of measureable precipitation – Moderate

– Higher confidence in the north– Low confidence in the south

• Precipitation Type - High• Snow – High • Freezing Drizzle/Freezing Fog – High in the southern TX Panhandle

• Windy conditions– High (Northerly winds 15 to 30 mph with higher gusts)

• Snowfall amounts – High• Blowing snow - Low

– Only will be possible if windy conditions continue through the night in locations with some snow accumulation

Impacts• For the Oklahoma Panhandle and Northern Texas

Panhandle – some travel concerns tomorrow morning due to snow covered roads and patchy blowing snow

• For the Southern Texas Panhandle – some travel concerns late tonight into tomorrow morning with very light ice accumulations from freezing drizzle/freezing fog. Possibly a few snow covered roads.

• Across the Panhandles, dangerously low wind chills for a brief period tomorrow morning

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