After an unseasonably warm November, parts of the US saw a taste of wintry weather arriving just in time for Thanksgiving.
Parts of North Texas, the Panhandle and West Texas saw some light snowfalls during Thursday. It failed to lie though as the recent warm weather earlier in the week had kept the ground warm. Temperatures earlier this week had been into the mid 20C’s (80’s in Fahrenheit) before the wintry storm arrived. It was a different story in the Big Spring area where up to 20cm (8inches) of snow fell. And in downtown Dallas the snow arrived on Thursday afternoon creating the first white Thanksgiving in more than a decade.
There were also snowfalls in Indiana and Colorado on Thursday. Utah experienced just light flurries, but in the mountains a fall of 23cm (9inches) of snow has prompted some ski resorts to open early for the Thanksgiving weekend.
A storm which originated in the US also crossed the border bringing parts of Canada its first winter storm of the season. The storm brought travel chaos across parts of southern Ontario and western Quebec on Thursday, with a mix of freezing rain and snow. Although winter is still literally a month away, the storm gave Canadians an early reminder of the cold months which lie ahead.
Although the snow is expected to ease across Canada today, across the US, snow warnings remain in force for parts of Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and southwest Kansas.
