Arctic Chill, Arctic Weather, Let's Bundle Up....

We are in a for an interesting ride here in the Brazos Valley. In fact, most of Texas is in for a potpourri of weather, including wintry precipitation. It will first begin with a cold front that will plow away all of this warm air and kick it way out. In its place, a surge of MUCH COLDER air which will move in for the long haul.

As of Thursday afternoon, the front has already passed through most of Oklahoma, and the Texas panhandle. Notice the contrast in temperatures between the below freezing air in Amarillo with the heat in San Antonio. This cold front will literally flatten our warmth, quickly.

At the moment, the front should arrive around 3am Friday morning, where the temperatures remain in the 70s, but following the passage of this Blue Norther, we will already cool down into the 40s by 7am Friday. Additionally, there will be several showers and thunderstorms as the front passes. Furthermore, the wind will turn around from the north and gust 30-35mph at times through the day on Friday. Therefore, its going to feel more like the 30s for most of the day when you factor in the wind.

FYI: This will not be a short lived cold spell, it will remain cold for the weekend and most of next week too.

Clouds and showers will hang around on Friday and into the weekend as well. Where temperatures are cold enough, pockets of Freezing Rain and sleet, along with several snow showers will develop in Hill Country and west Texas.

Then another dose of energy will take aim at us by the second half of the weekend.

An upper level low slowly moving eastbound, will hook up with the cold air in place and help to produce snowfall for mainly areas in the panhandle and west Texas for the first time this season. Snow could pile up over 10 inches in a few isolated areas.

What we need to keep our eyes on is how cold it will be as this upper level storm moves over the Brazos Valley. By late Monday, this energy will help to spawn a surface storm along the Texas gulf coast.

Areas of green and blue illustrate where precipitation will be falling. However, with temperatures forecasted to be in the 30s here, it could get a little interesting late Monday and Tuesday morning.

Right now, the air should be just warm enough that any precipitation that falls will all be in the form of rain. Yet, this can change and we will keep you in the loop. If the air does in fact get colder than the forecast above, a period of sleet or freezing rain could occur, mainly in our northern counties (Milam, Robertson, Leon).

Overall, make sure to have your winter coat handy, and an umbrella too. Its going to be a cold, cloudy, and dreary next few days.

"Take a look up once in a while; you never know what you’ll miss."

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