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Snow in Rare Places

Hello and happy Thursday everyone, hope all is well on this last Thursday of October 2011. Take a look at the weather across the nation today and note the blue showing up across the Panhandle of Texas… Indeed that is snow falling across northern Texas! In fact, Amarillo Texas had 2.5″ of snow today, which is a new record. The old record in Amarillo, TX was 2.4″ set in 1911.

Snowing In Northern Texas

This was one of the earliest snowfalls on record for northern Texas. The image below is from Wyland Baptist University just south of Amarillo, TX

Winter Weather Advisory

The National Weather Service had a winter weather advisory in northern Texas earlier today.

Snow In Colorado

Take a look at all the snow visible via satellite from the latest system the crossed through the Central Rockies over the last couple of days.

Here is the loop

Colorado Snowfall Analysis

This is a look at the snowfall analysis from the Central Rockies, note the blob near the Rocky Mountain National Park. This indicates nearly 18″ to 21″ fell there. Snowfall amounts around the city of Denver vary

Big Changes @ Colorado State University

This picture is courtesy the Colorado State University FB page

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It’s a Chilly Day!

Take a look at the high temps across the nation today… 40s in Texas is pretty chilly!

Well Below Normal Temps

WOW – look at those temperature departures across the nation today! Almost 30° cooler than average across parts of Texas. What would you rather have??? Chilly Temps like today or the blazing heat that we endured over the summer???

Some Fun Space Weather

This image was released by NASA’s Earth Observatory earlier this week. The photo was actually captured on September 29th, but it shows a lot of great stuff!

See the full article HERE

Thanks for checking in on this Thursday, have a great weekend!

Meteorologist Todd Nelson