Texas Winter 2013-2014

[ravyrn]

It's too cold. Need warm days for pleasant jogging. Need those 100F from March of 1911 and 1916.

Haha are you filling in our current opening in the Heatmiser position?

[TexasF6]

Thanks Porta!!!

Porta, what are your thoughts on our event as convection builds up to our west tonight? I read the clouds before sunset? They said Thunderstorms tonite! The good old Troy Kimmel "Aggie Cloud Reading Trick!"

I saw those as well driving home. Amazing how quickly the skies filled late today and convection is popping up. Key now will be how quickly do we drop to 32 and below. The warm-up today took us into the mid 40s. But once precip starts falling it should provide that adiabatic cooling effect with the dewpoints in the low to mid 20s.

As I thought the weather is not behaving as any models have shown it to ... even the short-range models. Convection ramped up quicker than thought. The system coming must be really dynamic.

[Shoshana]

Weather Underground is saying frozen precip just south of Parmer in N Austin ... it's 35f here and not doing anything yet. (North of Parmer)

[Texas Snowman]

Good luck Portastorm!!!!

[Portastorm]

Good luck Portastorm!!!!

Thanks ... you know, it's not going to snow here so if I could get an accumulating thundersleet event, I would call it a great victory and perfect topping to this winter. That is my hope for my fellow Austin peeps.

[hriverajr]

It looks to me that the thunderstorms moving through central Texas are the result of a separate disturbance. Notice no new precip west of that area at this time.

[Texashawk]

Well, it looks like the freezing line is already cutting through Katy/Cypress/Jersey Village/Bush, so I'm thinking that we might get some freezing love down here in Mo City! Thoughts?

[HouTXmetro]

Well Temps are holding steady at 35/36... looks like CAA has ceased for the time being.

[Portastorm]

It looks to me that the thunderstorms moving through central Texas are the result of a separate disturbance. Notice no new precip west of that area at this time.

Think you may be right and it proves, once again, that when these systems approach us from the west/southwest where we have limited upper air data ... there always seems to be a surprise or two. I just checked the latest HRRR-RUC short range run again and it shows nothing over south central Texas at this hour. None of the models had it.

[ndale]

Temp just dropped to 34 here and humidity rising.

[wxman22]

HARRIS-LIBERTY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-WALKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...COLDSPRING...CORRIGAN...
DAYTON...HOUSTON...HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LIBERTY...
LIVINGSTON...ONALASKA...PASADENA...SHEPHERD...TOMBALL
815 PM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HARRIS...LIBERTY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...AND WALKER
COUNTIES.

* EVENT...A COLD AIR MASS AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR A
RAIN SLEET MIX BEGINNING AROUND 9 PM. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL
COMMENCE OVER COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 10
CORRIDOR AND THEN EXPAND NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY BETWEEN A 0.10 OF AN INCH...BUT NO
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH...ARE FORECAST. ANY ICE ACCRETION
CAN MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN FOR
DELAYS IN THE MORNING COMMUTE AND BE PREPARED TO DELAY TRAVEL OR
USE SURFACE STREETS...PROVIDING AMPLE BRAKING SPACE WITH THE
VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING
BY 10 AM OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE UPON ROAD SURFACES...BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING. SIDEWALKS MAY
RECEIVE A GLAZE OF ICE AND BECOME DIFFICULT FOR PEDESTRIANS.

[ndale]

Wow, temp just quickly dropped another 2 degrees so am at freezing now.

[Wntrwthrguy]

Wow, temp just quickly dropped another 2 degrees so am at freezing now.

Yeah I just saw that! Bring on the precip now!

[TeamPlayersBlue]

34.5
27.1

Any rain now will put us below 32 i believe

[Portastorm]

Numerous local ISDs, including Austin and Round Rock, announcing two-hour delayed start tomorrow. Probably a good call as they can adjust accordingly early tomorrow if the event transpires as predicted. Those delayed openings may stretch into daylongs. We shall see.

[Snowman67]

31.5
25

[davidiowx]

34.5
27.1

Any rain now will put us below 32 i believe

I feel like we are getting left out on the Winter Storm Warning lol! I have readings just about the same as you. Two more degrees and things will get fun.

[longhornweather]

Definitely still looks like the precip is staying south of here. Looks like Austin is about to get another round. Hoping that the main event is still to come tonight and extends a bit further north. Would hate to have a Winter Storm Warning go to waste.

[wxman57]

Going to be an interesting night in SE TX with dew points in the mid 20s and temps near freezing. How exciting! Another winter weather event! I only hope these freezing rain events continue through the spring.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Going to be an interesting night in SE TX with dew points in the mid 20s and temps near freezing. How exciting! Another winter weather event! I only hope these freezing rain events continue through the spring.

I've literally cracked up at everyone of your posts today hahahaha