Rain, snow, sleet possible tonight, early Friday
January 3rd, 2013 at 3:00 pm by Jim Spencer under Weather
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY has been issued through noon Friday for much of West-Central Texas and the Hill Country, including Burnet, Llano, Gillespie, Mason, Lampasas and San Saba counties in the KXAN viewing area. Snowfall accumulation of 2-4 inches will be possible to the west of the Hill Country, but in the KXAN viewing area, snow totals are only expected to be up to 1 inch. Some snowflakes, mixed with some cold rain and sleet will even be possible in the Austin metro area and in counties east of IH-35 Friday morning, but no accumulation is expected, as surface temperatures should remain above freezing.
A strong low pressure system will move through the area Thursday night into Friday morning, bringing snow chances to the Concho Valley and Northern Edwards Plateau. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 3 PM Thursday through 6 AM Friday. Snow accumulations will range from 2 to 4 inches west of a Sterling City, to San Angelo, to Sonora line, with 1 to 3 inches possible elsewhere. Road may become slick, especially on overpasses and bridges.
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A winter weather advisory is in effect tonight and Friday morning for…Val Verde…Edwards…Real…and Kerr Counties. A mixture of rain and snow…will develop this evening…change to snow later tonight across the advisory area. Accumulations will range from a trace to near 1 inch of snow. Any accumulations will make driving hazardous on roads. Over the rest of south central Texas…a mixture of light rain…mixed with rain and snow across the adjacent areas of the Hill Country and South Central Texas. Lows will be in the low to mid 30s north to the mid and upper 30s south. Northeast winds of 5 to 10 mph will prevail. Wind Chills tonight will be in the mid to upper 20s north to lower 30s south.
A winter weather advisory is in effect tonight and Friday morning for…Val Verde…Edwards…Real…and Kerr Counties. A mixture of rain and snow…will develop this evening…change to snow later tonight across the advisory area. Accumulations will range from a trace to near 1 inch of snow. Any accumulations will make driving hazardous on roads. Over the rest of south central Texas…a mixture of light rain…mixed with rain and snow across the adjacent areas of the Hill Country and South Central Texas. Lows will be in the low to mid 30s north to the mid and upper 30s south. Northeast winds of 5 to 10 mph will prevail. Wind Chills tonight will be in the mid to upper 20s north to lower 30s south.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 333 PM CST THU JAN 3 2013 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY... .A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA.
EXPECT PRECIP TO BEGIN AS A MIXTURE DURING THE EVENING AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY AROUND 10 PM AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WARM AIR ADVECTION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY WILL CHANGE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN BY AROUND NOON. BEFORE THE CHANGE EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM A DUSTING TO AROUND ONE INCH WITH A FEW SPOTS HAVING A BIT MORE. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. TXZ183>186-040545- /O.EXT.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.130104T0100Z-130104T1800Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEL RIO...ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY... KERRVILLE 333 PM CST THU JAN 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW UP TO ONE INCH WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE IS SOME CHANCE THAT SNOW WILL BREAK OFF WEAK TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 333 PM CST THU JAN 3 2013 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY... .A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. EXPECT PRECIP TO BEGIN AS A MIXTURE DURING THE EVENING AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY AROUND 10 PM AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WARM AIR ADVECTION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY WILL CHANGE PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN BY AROUND NOON. BEFORE THE CHANGE EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM A DUSTING TO AROUND ONE INCH WITH A FEW SPOTS HAVING A BIT MORE. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY. TXZ171-172-188-040545- /O.EXB.KEWX.WW.Y.0001.130104T0100Z-130104T1800Z/ LLANO-BURNET-GILLESPIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...FREDERICKSBURG 333 PM CST THU JAN 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW UP TO ONE INCH WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE IS SOME CHANCE THAT SNOW WILL BREAK OFF WEAK TREE BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CST THU JAN 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 3 PM FRIDAY ALONG AND WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO GATESVILLE LINE... .SYNOPSIS...A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHERN MEXICO AND REACH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND LIFT PROVIDED BY THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW LIGHT RAIN TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH THE RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES. HOWEVER...SOME ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THE ADVISORY AREA...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BUT ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS TO VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALL SNOW SHOULD END FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ129-130-141>143-156-157-040500- /O.NEW.KFWD.WW.Y.0001.130104T0600Z-130104T2100Z/ EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE... HAMILTON...HICO...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 300 PM CST THU JAN 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 3 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL SNOW WILL END FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ON SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS. &&
