A Little Snow Tonight

We started this morning in the low to upper 20's with high clouds. Later this afternoon a low deck of clouds will rush in. Highs today will only get into the low 40's in the metro, for counties just to the west (Montague down to western Parker) it'll only get up to the upper 30's. Winds will veer to the southeast as the day continues.

A little winter weather arrives tonight. The area in pink will get enough snow to accumulate in the grass and on porches and cars. It includes Mineral Wells, Decatur, Bowie and Gainesville. form

For the metroplex, snow will fall late tonight but it will be mixed with rain and sleet most of the time. It won't be enough to gather on the ground or even make anything more than a the slightest slush on the roads. It becomes ALL RAIN BY MORNING COMMUTE TIME. Travel problems late tonight thru Monday mid-day will be limited to the fact of wet roads. The winds will turn to the southeast this afternoon, highs will only get into the low 40's but it'll be at least above freezing. This will of course keep the bridges and overpasses above freezing so anything that is frozen that falls will quickly melt.

My feeling on the forecast ahead is that Monday is going to be wetter longer than  many of the models show. We should get about a .25" to .50" of rain that won't leave till around noon for the metro area; a heavier rain with storms is possible into the afternoon for our eastern counties.  I believe the surface low that will form along the Texas coastline will be stronger, it shows up on the SREF like this. This means the winds will be stronger and it'll stay colder, highs will only get in the low 40's again.

So far this winter the metro area is saving a small fortune in overtime, fuel, sand and road mag (a replacement for salt). And no school is being missed so it'll end when it should, before summer starts. Some of the positives that come from a snow-less winter. Of course, we still have the rest of February to get through and even early March.