Winter Storm Watch
Almost all of Central Texas is now under a Winter Storm Watch for Tuesday. The only exception are our far southern counties near Burnet and Georgetown. By Monday afternoon, I expect this watch to be upgraded to a warning. The computer models have not changed since Friday so confidence is high that we will see snow on Tuesday across most of the area. The track of the storm will be farther south than the last winter storm so Waco/Temple/Killeen has the higher chance for heavy snow as compared to places farther north around the DFW area. Current forecast models show anywhere between 2-8 inches of snow could fall before the event is done. I know that is a wide range but we won’t know where the heaviest snow will be until it starts developing. We are going to be looking for what we call a snow band that will set up somewhere over us. This will be a narrow band where snow totals could exceed 6-8 inches. Outside of this band, totals will be more in line with 2-4 inches, which still would be enough to make a small snowman!
Matt and Tiffany will be covering the winter storm from the weather center and I will be out in the Storm Interceptor sending back live video from the heaviest snow bands. Please send us your reports on Twitter or email us your photos to weatherpics@kxxv.com. The more information we have, the better info we can give out to our viewers. — First Alert Meteorologist Conley Isom
