Snow chances ramp up for Abilene this week

Get out the snow boots, heavy winter coats, hats and gloves.

Snow showers are likely for Abilene this week amid frigid temperatures, according to the National Weather Service on Monday.

Peak snowfall is predicted late Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon, according to the NWS. The chance of snow showers climbs to 80 percent on Thursday.

Wednesday snow chances for Abilene

The chance of snow is 20 percent after noon Wednesday, according to the NWS. It will be mostly cloudy, and the high temperature will be near 36 degrees. A north to northeast wind around 5 mph will blow in Abilene.

On Wednesday night, the chance of snow showers ratchets up to 50 percent, mainly after midnight. Skies will be cloudy. The low will be around 27 with a northeast wind of around 5 mph calming in the evening.

Thursday snow chances for Abilene

Snow showers. High near 33. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Snow showers are likely on Thursday with a high near 33 degrees with a calm, 5 mph wind turning east to southeast in the afternoon, according to the NWS. The chance of precipitation rises to 80 percent Thursday.

Nighttime will bring a 30 percent chance of snow showers, mostly before midnight. Temperatures will hit a low around 25 degrees, and skies will be cloudy. A calm wind of around 5 mph will shift to north-northwest after midnight.

Forecast lurches toward snowfall

Last Thursday, the NWS was not expecting snow in the forecast during the cold front that began Monday.

By early Monday morning, the NWS was more comfortable making a prediction for snow than over the weekend, according to the post.

“Recent model trends are leading to higher confidence in the potential for accumulating snowfall across West Central Texas Wednesday evening into Friday morning,” according to a Facebook post from NWS.

“Virtually everything is showing wintry precipitation now and it looks more likely to see some snow accumulations in San Angelo. As for roads, that’s always more complicated this far in advance, but road problems in San Angelo are looking like they could be more of a problem,” the NWS stated on Facebook.

Throughout the cold front this week, high temperatures will be mostly in the 30s with lows in the 20s.

ERCOT urges conservation

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a Weather Watch because of the cold.

The agency that manages the electrical grid for most Texans said Monday the grid was functioning normally but urged Texans to conserve power where possible.

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Wichita Falls Times Record News Reporter Lynn Walker contributed to this report.

Trish Choate is the executive editor for the Abilene Reporter-News, San Angelo Standard-Times and Wichita Falls Times Record News. Contact Trish with news tips at tchoate@gannett.com. Read her recent work here. Her X handle is @Trishapedia.

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