I'm not a fan of the cold at all. But when the rare opportunity exists for some snow, I get excited. So I was a bit jealous that central and South Texas got the nice snow they did.
It's late July, temperatures are warm and there are still huge banks of snow on the ground in Buffalo, New York, left over from last November's historic snow storm! Yes, snow on the ground in July.
Winter has definitely made its presence known here in East Texas thanks to yesterday's wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain and some light snow. The mess that fell from the skies yesterday caused a ton of delays and cancellations for schools to businesses. Now comes word that more winter weather is in the forecast for East Texas with a posted Winter Storm Warning.
Although there is rain in the forecast with a chance of severe weather for part of Saturday for East Texas, there's also snow in the forecast for one downtown street in Kilgore on Sunday!
KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville, Texas | ETX News
Our first real taste of winter is barreling it's way to East Texas right now! We're in for a big change tomorrow and the upcoming weekend as high temperatures are only going to be in the upper 40's, a big change from the upper 70's of this afternoon