A strong cold front will accelerate southeast in Texas overnight. It will make it through the northwestern half of Texas by sunrise Friday. The leading edge of the front will arrive at the Middle Texas Coast via the Coastal Plains around lunchtime tomorrow. What will begin as a warm morning will quickly transition to a winter’s afternoon for a majority of Texas. The cold won’t last long and we’ll quickly rebound up the temperature roller-coaster on Saturday.
Simulated weather model radar tonight through early Friday afternoon across the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Northwest Texas, and Texoma.
Light snow has already begun to fall in the northern Texas Panhandle. Snow will increase in coverage and intensity over the next several hours as it overspreads the Texas Panhandle. One to four inches of snow is expected across a majority of both the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Snowpacked roads will be slick tomorrow morning and strong north winds may blow the snow around.
After sunrise, patchy freezing drizzle and a light wintry mix is expected to develop across the Concho Valley, Big Country, and Northwest Texas. Precipitation intensity will be very light and accumulations will remain minimal. However, a thin layer of ice may develop on some exposed objects – including overpasses and bridges.
Hopefully, precipitation will remain light enough to preclude travel disruptions, but I’d plan on there being some. Further east, temperatures will be falling through the morning across Texoma and North Texas. The freezing line will likely make it to near Weatherford-Denton-Paris. As precipitation moves in from the west, a light winter mix (sleet/snow) may produce a dusting to one-half inch of accumulation.
Simulated weather model radar on Friday across the northeastern quarter of Texas.
Fort Worth, Dallas, and areas south will be chilly but should manage to stay just above freezing. Snow may mix with light rain at times, but travel impacts are less likely south of the D/FW Metroplex. I can’t rule out an icy bridge or overpass in Tarrant/Dallas counties, but it will be a close call regarding the freezing line. If temperatures are one or two degrees colder than expected, we may see ice develop on a few bridges/overpasses in D/FW tomorrow morning.
Weather models are now hinting at a higher chance for snow in Northeast Texas tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow evening. One to two inches of snow may fall in places like Paris, Clarksville, New Boston, to Texarkana, and up into Southeast Oklahoma (Broken Bow for example). If the snow is heavy enough, it may be able to slush up some roads. Precipitation will conclude by early tomorrow evening.
Cold start to Saturday; but Texas will warm up quickly
Temperatures will be cold state-wide Saturday morning, with a freeze expected across the northern two-thirds to seventy-five percent of Texas. Our dabble back into winter will be short-lived, however. Temperatures will quickly climb on Saturday and rise into the 40s, 50s, and 60s statewide. Any snow or ice accumulations will rapidly melt on Saturday. We’ll be back into the 70s on Sunday and the 80s will start popping up on Monday.
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