THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW?

Well, I was talking about severe wx yesterday which didn't pan out, but today the tables turn to some possible winter wx. The NW TX panhandle is currently in a winter weather advisory. I'm going to try to make it up to Cimarron county OK today to get some snow video for the station. Here is the NWS text for the advisory.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
532 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

...SOME SNOW TODAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL
MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. THIS WILL GENERATE MORE LIGHT
RAIN ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR THE
FREEZING MARK BY THE AFTERNOON...ANY LIGHT RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
AND IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE. SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW
SLIDES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-007-011-291845-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WW.Y.0006.091029T1032Z-091030T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART...
STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...VEGA
532 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF TO NEAR
FREEZING...THIS RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IN THE
NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.