After dealing with last week's snow and ice events, residents and travelersin Dallas, Oklahoma City and other parts of the southern Plains should bracefor more of the same into next week.The snow headed to the southern Plains will come from two separate stormsystems with the second round slated to be the most significant anddisruptive.
The first round will take place tonight into Sunday as snow spreads acrossnorthern Texas and Oklahoma, including over Dallas during pre-Super Bowlfestivities. The snow will generally remain light, but a few slick spots maydevelop on roads.
Even where snow does not fall, motorists should still use caution tonight intoSunday morning. Wet spots, created by melting snow from earlier today, couldturn icy on untreated roads and bridges as temperatures plunge belowfreezing.
The snow ending this weekend will pale in comparison to what will blanket thesouthern Plains in the upcoming days.
The next round of snow will actually begin falling across the southern Plainson Tuesday, but it is Tuesday night into Wednesday when the worst of thesnowstorm will likely drop several inches on northern Texas, Oklahoma andArkansas.
Cities potentially in the path of this disruptive snowstorm include OklahomaCity, Tulsa and McAlester in Oklahoma; Wichita Falls, Dallas, Tyler and Waco inTexas; and Fort Smith, Little Rock and Jonesboro in Arkansas.
Several inches of snow, which could be preceded by a brief period of ice, willonce again create travel nightmares across the region. Snow-covered roads willmake driving treacherous for motorists, while airline passengers should preparefor lengthy delays and cancellations.
Among these travelers could be football fans who are not planning to leaveDallas the day immediately following the Super Bowl.
The snowstorm will not just be confined to the southern Plains. The snow mayencompass northern Louisiana, including Shreveport, by the end of Wednesdaybefore spreading over the Tennessee Valley into Thursday.
Later in the week, the snowstorm may either turn up and slam the Northeast'ssnow-weary Interstate 95 corridor or will pass harmlessly off the Southeastcoastline.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski
