SE TX/SW LA Winter WX - 2011-2012

[vbhoutex]

It is now snowing in most areas of North Houston(Champions are and Intercontinental Airport area)per live reports from my children.

EDIT: It is now steadily snowing in the Spring Branch area. If I can get the camera to work I will get some pics.

[Brent]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
341 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL
MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM...COUPLED WITH
OVERRUNNING RAIN AND COLD AIR ALOFT...WILL YIELD A MIXTURE OF RAIN
AND SLEET THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A RAIN OR SNOW MIXTURE AFTER
MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY.

LAZ033-041>043-TXZ215-216-110545-
/O.NEW.KLCH.WW.Y.0001.081211T0300Z-081211T1500Z/
ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...
CROWLEY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
341 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RAIN
WILL BEGIN TO INTERMITTENTLY MIX WITH SLEET FROM WEST TO EAST
LATER THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE
OVER TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE...POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL
SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST TOWARDS SUNRISE THURSDAY. DUE TO THE WARM
GROUND TEMPERATURES...AND THURSDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES
REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING...ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...BRIEF
ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
EXPOSED SURFACES...SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY MELTING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

[CajunMama]

well gee thanks nws! don't include lafayette

Edited to add:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
349 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-110615-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
349 PM CST WED DEC 10 2008

[PTrackerLA]

We were definitely left out of the winter weather advisory. They better make it up with a heavy snow warning after midnight .

[bighaben]

Pretty awesome day at work, snowed nearly the entire time, if you can consider a light flurry snow. Carts were everywhere but I didn't mind the cold so much as long as it was snowing, and I dressed warmly.

Overall we got a light dusting of snow which had everyone in an unusually cheerful mood today.

[CajunMama]

How nice to have a fun night at work ben!

[LaBreeze]

PTrackerLA, I just don't see it happening in our area. Maybe to the north and northwest and northeast, but not in this area.

[BaytownSam]

from looking at the Houston radar, I'm starting to wonder if the little upper low that did might wrap around and get Baytown again?

[Brent]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
124 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1238 AM SNOW PORT NECHES 29.97N 93.94W
12/11/2008 E1.0 INCH JEFFERSON TX PUBLIC

PUBLIC REPORTS THUNDER SNOW WITH AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND AND SNOWING HEAVILY...


&&

$$

MGRIFFIN

[pwrdog]

Here in southern Polk County (15 miles south of lvingston) we got 3.5 inches.....

Drove around some and in near by liberty county ( just SE of Cleveland north of Dayton) I measured 6 inches... That is the most I found.... Just awesome...

The temp is just above freezing so the roads are in good shape... A couple of slushy bridges is all I saw...

Almost everyone east of humble, downtown houston and southeast of livingston got 1.5 to 4 inches... With more in a few places... It looks like from downtown houston up Highway 59 north to highway 190 in livingston and down SE towards the ship channel area and trinity bay had the most snow..

What a perfect little storm.....Built a snowman about midnight... Should last most of the day..


With our warm ground temps it could have been a heck of a lot more had it been colder before the storm....

It was 78 just Tuesday.... What a change...

[PTrackerLA]

Sleet mixed in with rain here, woke me up as it pelted the window.

[TS Zack]

Any updates from Laf... Everything seems to be changing over and you are next in line.

[CajunMama]

The sneaux is coming down!!!!!!!!!!!

[southerngale]

Yay, Frick!

We just started on a snowman. Got the base done and came in for hot chocolate because our hands and feet are frozen solid! I love it!

[Stormcenter]

Winter Storm Advisory now in effect for Baton Rouge, New Orleans and
Miss. Gulf Coast areas....wow!!!!

[CajunMama]

Closings already beginning.

St. Landry parish schols closed.
Westminster Christian Academy

[LaBreeze]

Snowing pretty good down here in Vermilion Parish as well. Sticking to roofs, grassy areas - accumulating a bit. I didn't think it would happen.

[Jagno]

The kids are very disappointed that school wasn't cancelled. It's now changing over to rain here in Calcasieu Parish.

[killah]

It is snowing in the New Orleans area.

[CajunMama]

That's what i heard killah. My daughter is texting and facebooking her NO friends.