A strong cold front will drop temperatures across Texas this week, but it comes with a side of stormy weather. In one region of the Lone Star State, it could actually bring flurries of snow… in May.
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Texas Panhandle towns, warning of freezing and subfreezing temperatures Wednesday night, May 6, into Thursday morning. With rain chances also on the rise, this could mean some snowflakes falling over the northwestern tip of the Panhandle on Wednesday evening.
“In the far northwestern combined Panhandles, moisture and temperature profiles are supportive of snowing during the late afternoon and evening,” the National Weather Service Amarillo office warns. “However, surface and soil temperatures should remain too warm for accumulation to occur; therefore, no impacts are expected.”
It shouldn’t exactly be a snow day for the Texas towns, but a possible late-season flurry is still pretty unexpected this far into spring.
Regardless of whether or not frozen flakes fall from the sky Wednesday night, the Texas Panhandle is going to get pretty chilly. Temperatures are expected to drop well below freezing – into the mid- to upper-20s across the region – Wednesday night. That’s after highs take a nosedive Wednesday, sinking into the low-50s after several days in the 80s.
The rest of Texas should prepare to layer up too, as this cold front is slated to drastically drop temperatures across the state.