SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 229 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING
AN ABRUPT END TO THE RECENT LONG STRETCH OF PLEASANT LATE FALL
WEATHER ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
MEXICO ON SUNDAY...BEFORE TAKING AIM ON WEST TEXAS LATE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE INITIALLY TOO WARM FOR SNOW...BUT MUCH COLDER
AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION IN WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY. THIS AIR MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN A
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. ANY
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR WILL BE LIGHT. IN ANY
EVENT...HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE 25 TO 30 DEGREES
COLDER THAN HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY.
BY MONDAY NIGHT...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING WEST TEXAS
WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SNOW...PARTICULARLY OVER SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM WHICH WILL DETERMINE WHERE
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
AS THIS STORM APPROACHES THE REGION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 551 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST TEXAS LATE THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLDER
AIR AHEAD OF THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
MIXED...ESPECIALLY ON THE CAPROCK ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW WILL OCCUR AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
WEST TEXAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH
PLAINS.
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