How San Angelo Was Spared the Winter Apocalypse

SAN ANGELO, TX — Tuesday, San Angelo was ready for sleet, ice, and snow on the public roadways. Schools announced their delayed opens, usually a two-hour delay, for our driving safety. Even the San Angelo Police Department called off its regular “speed enforcement” of Loop 306 and the Houston Harte Expressway because of anticipated wintery mix driving conditions. Instead of ticketing alleged speeders on the Loop, Police Chief Frank Carter warned motorists to “Stay off the Loop,” a roadway with many elevated portions, all susceptible to icing over.

Further east, however, the precipitation caused traffic problems. In San Antonio, according to mySA.com, police responded to 231 crashes on roads there between midnight and 4 p.m. Tuesday as ice took over.

What happened here, though? Why was San Angelo spared the winter apocalypse?

According to the San Angelo office at the National Weather Service, forecasted dry air behind the cold front was drier than expected. There was some precipitation, but most of it couldn’t make it to the ground. “Dry air came screaming down from the north faster than we expected,” explained the forecaster.

San Angelo weather for the rest of the week is forecasted to remain dry, and very cold until the weekend.

Tuesday night, temperatures dipped to 10 degrees F. Wednesday, temperatures are expected to reach a high of 39 degrees and then dip into the 30s overnight.

For the weekend it will warm up to be in the 70s Saturday and 60s for Sunday and into the start of next week.

There is just a 10 percent chance of rain Saturday. The rest of the week, it will remain dry, according to the NWS forecast.