Snow may not follow Mayor Mark Burroughs back from Washington, D.C., where he waited for more than 11 hours before catching a flight back to Denton on Tuesday.

Meteorologists have dialed back their expectations for snow to accumulate in Denton County overnight Wednesday into Thursday.

“The system is slowing up a little bit and that’s allowing us more time to warm up,” said Nick Hampshire, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Beginning as early as last week, forecasters were suggesting the possibility of another snowfall in time for Valentine’s Day. In 2004, Denton County saw about 4 inches of snow overnight into Valentine’s Day.

The more this latest low-pressure system slows coming into Texas, the less likely snow will accumulate in the North Texas area, Hampshire said. As of Tuesday afternoon, meteorologists weren’t anticipating the amount of snow predicted earlier in the week, if any at all, he said.

However, the Mid-Atlantic states and the nation’s capital are bracing for another foot of snow, or more, after more than 2 feet fell in a major storm there over the weekend.

“It was beautiful, but extremely heavy for Washington, D.C.,” Burroughs said.

It wasn’t the weather itself that slowed air travel — skies were sunny and bright blue, he said. But it took several days to clear the logjam of planes and passengers stranded after the storm.

PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can be reached at 940-566-6881. Her e-mail address is pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com .