There are a few showers and some thunderstorms moving through the western tier of counties across the Texas panhandle this afternoon. The area is lacking in low level moisture which means that light to moderate…
Category: High Plains Weather
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…
Ex-squeeze me?! Baking powder?
Apparently the 06z GFS has pulled a quick U-turn on the 0z projections. And it has gone one step closer to – of all things – December for the high plains. This is the suggested…
Amarillo almost hot today, then cooler this weekend
Get the sunscreen out, the fans ready and put the A/C on stand-by. Amarillo will be – almost – hot this afternoon. The thermometer will climb easily into the 80s and perhaps a few back…
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Tornado Video of the Day: “Canton, OK EF3 Tornado 5-24-2011”
Justin Cox with a great look at an EF-3…
Weather History: Volcanic eruptions rock Texas weather
Geology humor aside, massive volcanic eruptions can dramatically change weather across the globe. The most recent “major” eruption to plague the panhandle with lopsided weather was back in 1907. In late March back in 1907,…
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Record Amarillo heat possible
Right now, Friday’s forecast high for Amarillo is 84 degrees. That would break the 99-year-old record by two degrees. That made me stop and think: How is it that just 82 degrees is our record…
Tracking *colder* weekend weather for Amarillo
Well, turns out Mother Nature has a sense of humor. After spending the last 72 hours talking about how beautiful the weather will be all week long and into next weekend… I get a curveball.…
Breakdown: Texas Panhandle severe weather threat (3/8/13) Part II
We’re still tracking the chance for severe weather later this afternoon, this evening and into the overnight hours…
