Texas will see more snow on Thursday than most Canadians will
On Thursday, northern Texas and New Mexico will experience a chillier, snowier December day than most of Canada.
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It's not often that parts of the southern United States will out-cold and out-snow any section of Canada, let alone most of it, but that will be the case on Thursday.
On Dec. 14, northern Texas and New Mexico will see colder and snowier weather than a majority of Canada.
This week in Canada, multiple rounds of warm Pacific air will spread above-seasonal temperatures across the country.
The warm-up will be significant Thursday. The 1°C forecast in Churchill, Man., for example is a whopping 20 degrees above where we should be in mid-December. Meanwhile, the colder air has to go somewhere, and it's being forced south, way south.
A low-pressure system undercuts the warm Canadian ridge, funnelling in chilly northerly air to the U.S. southern states, dropping temperatures near the freezing mark come Thursday evening.
That combination will allow snowflakes to fly. Santa Fe, N.M., has the highest chance for snowfall accumulations. Parts of northern Texas may be slightly warmer, limiting snowfall at the surface.
Santa Fe’s forecast of only 2°C is comparable to several Canadian cities well to the north. Nearly all of Ontario and the Prairies will be warmer than northern Texas and New Mexico in this setup.
Snowfall in Texas may occur as temperatures drastically fall Thursday evening and overnight. A shift of northerly winds on the back end of the low may convert rainfall into a period of wet snow.
