I know it feels like forever since the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles have received any rainfall. While it hasn’t been THAT long in the grand scheme of things it has been almost two full months…
Tag: Thunderstorms
Central plains brace for drastic cool down
A strong cold front continues to barrel south and east across Texas this morning. It will continue to bring markedly cooler weather to places li Dallas, Midland and Austin. But its not just Texas. Oklahoma…
I said “Brrr” it’s cold in Amarillo…
A complete breakdown of what is headed to Amarillo this week…
Amarillo weather catches a case of “Fresh Prince”
Be prepared for the forecast to get “flipped, turned up-side-down” in the next few days, folks, the 80s are not here to stay in Amarillo. In fact, the 70s are going away, too. So are…
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Snow, thunderstorms, thunderstorms, snow – A typical Amarillo March
Last week at this time Amarillo was preparing for another round of snowflakes. Then thunderstorms. Now, Amarillo is waiting for thunderstorms and looking down the road at another bout with snow chances. It’s left a…
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Colder Amarillo weather turns stormy – perhaps severe
Wow, it’s cold this morning! After a few flurries and some sticking snow last night across the northern tier of the Texas panhandle and across the Oklahoma panhandle – clear skies let all of the…
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Wx Info: What is a “Cap” of warm air?
During a few of the forecast write-ups I’ve touched on the “cap of warm air aloft” as something that hinders thunderstorm development. But what is it? How did it get there? How does it stop…
Amarillo’s weekend forecast gets tricky
Someone needs to consult that groundhog again. It’s looking like a few calm days before we traverse an up-and-down forecast – that includes snow – as we close out the week and start this weekend.…
Amarillo rides temperature roller coaster this week
Amarillo’s weather pattern is only slightly effected by the North Atlantic Oscillation. Generally speaking the more negative the NAO the easier it is for cold air to seep southward east of the Mississippi river. But…
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Amarillo precip chances increasing
Latest 18z NAM computer weather model, which is our shorter medium range model, is now bringing in a chance for rain to the panhandles Sunday afternoon / night. Not bad! And that’s not all! The…
