Thunder Lightning Snow Ice Rain & Wind On Schedule For North Texas For Christmas

I am up early this morning of Christmas Eve, slightly optimistic that I might be having myself a small Christmas Miracle in the form of my pneumonia-like, bronchitis-like, hacking cough, cold misery may be quickly abating.

In other words I have awakened feeling better than I did yesterday morn.

My mom called me last night  to wish me a Merry Christmas. I'm sure that was a big boost to my immune system.

Changing the subject from my personal misery to my favorite subject, that being the weather.

Overnight the National Weather Service has ratcheted up what is being predicted for Christmas Day in North Texas, adding Thunder and Lightning to the mix, joining snow and temperatures into the teens.

Below is the latest for Christmas from the National Weather Service...

...WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER 25TH...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF A COLD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH NORTH TEXAS AROUND MIDDAY AND SEND TEMPERATURES TUMBLING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TO THE NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR...THE ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR RAIN TO TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE COUNTIES BORDERING THE RED RIVER. TO THE NORTH OF A BOWIE...TO MCKINNEY...TO EMORY LINE...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED AROUND THE PARIS AREA. TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING THE DFW METROPLEX AND I-20 CORRIDOR...LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED NORTH OF I-20 CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHERE THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OCCURS. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S WHICH WOULD ALSO CAUSE REFREEZING OF ANY REMAINING MOISTURE ON ROADS...RESULTING IN PATCHES OF BLACK ICE.

IN ADDITION TO THE CHANCE OF SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS AND 20S BY THE EVENING HOURS...AND EVEN LOWER OVERNIGHT.

BOTTOM LINE...WINTER PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A BOWIE...TO MCKINNEY...TO EMORY LINE.

THERE WILL BE A VERY TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND THOSE THAT RECEIVE LITTLE TO NO SNOW. THE ULTIMATE TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DETERMINE HOW FAR NORTH OR SOUTH THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW BAND WILL AFFECT THE REGION. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES.