Late Week Ice & Snow Likely Across Parts of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas
01/06/25 11:12am EST
Good morning everyone. As one storm begins to depart the East Coast via the Mid-Atlantic, we begin to watch “phase 2” in regards to a follow-up arctic blast of air. This will come with the accessory of another powerful storm system; and with extra cold air locked in, we could see deeper-diving snows and freezing rain.
For today, bitter cold air rushes in behind our system, and that cold air will rush all the way down to the Gulf Coast and Southeast into Florida. That will set the scenario for a similar setup to what we saw over the past couple of days. Our next system is due in to dive down through the Rockies via the Pacific Northwest, then come out into the Lower Plains and hook up with Gulf energy and moisture.
This time, our system sets up further to the south. In turn, this could bring heavy snows down into Oklahoma as well as northeast Texas. Where the rain/snow line sets up, that in-between boundary of overunning warm air, will create a narrow band of heavy sleet and freezing rain. This could mean we could see ice storm conditions across parts of extreme northeast Texas, upper Louisiana, and lower Arkansas some time Thursday afternoon, onward.