Wednesday 10 April 2013

WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO

APR 9 2013… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE…BLOWING SNOW…AND SNOW… IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY.

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BRING INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

WHILE WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED…SOME ISOLATED LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES.

DURING THE EVENING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW. STRONG SURFACE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALSO A PERIOD OF ENHANCED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT COULD LEAD TO STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 1 INCH EAST OF A HOOKER TO CLAUDE LINE.

WEDNESDAY MORNING WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES EAST OF THE PANHANDLES.

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