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NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
350 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THANKSGIVING DAY ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS TODAY WITH
SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. AFTERNOON HIGHS TODAY WILL BE PLEASANT
REACHING THE LOW TO MID 60S. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE
MID 30S TO LOW 40S. THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA THAT HAS USHERED IN SUCH
NICE WEATHER IS CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS. THIS HIGH WILL SLOWLY
MOVE TO THE EAST. AS IT DOES WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH
CLOUDS ON FRIDAY WITH SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
OUR WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THEN DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH SOUTHERLY WIND
FLOW WE WILL SEE WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO START TO
WORK ITS WAY NORTH INTO THE REGION. AFTERNOON HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL
BE WARMER CLIMBING UP INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. LOWS FRIDAY
NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S.
A LEE SIDE LOW ALONG THE ROCKIES WILL INTENSIFY ON SATURDAY AS THE
HIGH PRESSURE AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER EAST. SURFACE WINDS TO
STRENGTHEN ON SATURDAY BECOMING SOUTHERLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL TOP OUT IN THE
UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. IN THE EXTREME WEST WE MAY SEE HIGHS UP AROUND
75 DEGREES. AS THE MOISTURE FETCH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES
EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY SATURDAY NIGHT. LOWS SATURDAY
NIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW 50S NORTH TO THE LOW 60S SOUTH. A MAJOR
CHANGE IN THE WEATHER WILL BE TAKING SHAPE FOR SUNDAY. COLD CANADIAN
AIR WILL BE WORKING ITS WAY SOUTH WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO
NORTHERN TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SUNDAYS HIGHS WILL BE COOLER
RANGING FROM THE MID 50S NORTH TO THE LOW 70S SOUTH.
FOR THOSE TRAVELING HOME ON SUNDAY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THEN EAST INTO KANSAS AND NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI WILL BE COLD ENOUGH THAT THESE AREAS MAY SEE
SOME SNOW AND RAIN MIXED BY SUNDAY MORNING THEN CHANGING TO LIGHT
SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
BUT ROAD CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. ALSO SNOW IS
LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY SATURDAY EVENING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS
IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS SO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND
GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TRAVEL TIME ON YOUR RETURN.
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