000 AWUS84 KLUB 160311 RWSTX WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 915 PM CST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A SNOW ADVISORY IN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE BIG COUNTRY. EARLY THIS EVENING AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS WITH LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND BIG COUNTRY. THERE WERE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU. OTHERWISE SKIES WERE CLOUDY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER FAR WEST TEXAS. TEMPERATURES AT 9 PM WERE 20S AND 30S FROM THE SOUTH PLAINS TO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WITH MOSTLY 40S AND 50S ELSEWHERE...RANGING FROM 29 DEGREES AT DALHART TO 51 DEGREES AT DRYDEN. WINDS WERE MAINLY NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. DAY TIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TODAY OVER THE PANHANDLES AND SOUTH PLAINS WERE IN THE 30S. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WAS 65 DEGREES AT FORT STOCKTON. WEST TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FORECAST SUMMARY... EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES AND SOUTH PLAINS. SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF WEST TEXAS. DECREASING CLOUDS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 20S AND 30S. HIGHS WEDNESDAY FROM THE 30S NORTH TO THE 50S SOUTH. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE 20S AND 30S. HIGHS THURSDAY FROM THE 40S NORTH TO THE 60S SOUTH. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE 20S AND 30S. HIGHS FRIDAY FROM THE 40S NORTH TO THE 70S SOUTH. $$ VALDEZ