The Eastern New Mexico News - Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

The National Weather Service is predicting snow and slippery road conditions starting late Thursday night and lasting through late Friday morning.

Curry and Roosevelt counties both have a better than 70% chance of snow, starting about 11 p.m. Thursday. Wind gusts higher than 30 mph are expected to accompany the flurries, along with freezing temperatures.

Forecasters expect less than 2 inches of snow for the Clovis-Portales area, though 4 inches could fall to the north.

Low temperatures Thursday night will dip into the mid-teens. Friday's high will be just above freezing, with Friday night temps expected back in the mid-teens.

The storm system is expected to be gone by Saturday, with temperatures in the 60s and little chance of precipitation.