THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT
SUNDAY.
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS
THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER
AND MID 30S TONIGHT...WITH AREAS OF SNOW DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT
ATOP THIS COLD AIR MASS OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. THE SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND POSSIBLY INTENSITY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE THEIR COLDEST.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS THIS
STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DRIFT EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
THUS... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR MAINLY ON ELEVATED AND
GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER...PATCHY ICE MAY DEVELOP ON SOME
BRIDGES... OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...WHERE TEMPERATURES
FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR ISOLATED SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AS WINDS GUST TO 35 MPH AT
TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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