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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1041 Postby wxman22 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:45 am

Winter Weather Advisory Issued

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
138 AM CST Fri Dec 8 2017

...Winter Weather Advisory In Effect Until 9 AM...

.Area temperatures are falling into the lower 30s, and most area
observations are now reporting snow. Some elevated bridges and
overpasses may become dangerous to travel on. Snow accumulations
around 1 to 2 inches are possible. Temperatures should rise above
freezing between 7 AM and 9 AM.

TXZ178-179-199-200-210>214-226-227-235>238-081500-
/O.EXA.KHGX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-171208T1500Z/
Austin-Brazoria-Chambers-Colorado-Fort Bend-Galveston-Harris-
Jackson-Liberty-Matagorda-Montgomery-Polk-San Jacinto-Waller-
Wharton-
Including the cities of Alvin, Anahuac, Angleton, Bay City,
Bellville, Brookshire, Cleveland, Coldspring, Columbus, Conroe,
Corrigan, Dayton, Eagle Lake, Edna, El Campo, Freeport,
Friendswood, Galveston, Hempstead, Houston, Humble, Katy,
Lake Jackson, League City, Liberty, Livingston, Missouri City,
Mont Belvieu, Onalaska, Palacios, Pasadena, Pearland, Pierce,
Prairie View, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sealy, Shepherd, Sugar Land,
Texas City, The Woodlands, Tomball, Weimar, Wharton, Willis,
and Winnie
138 AM CST Fri Dec 8 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has issued a
Winter Weather Advisory for central and southern parts of Southeast
Texas, which is in effect until 9 AM CST this morning.

* TIMING...Areas of snow are possible through 6 AM or 7 AM,
gradually tapering off from north to south across the advisory
area.

* MAIN IMPACT...As temperatures fall toward freezing, some
elevated bridges and overpasses may become dangerous to travel
on. Snow accumulations around 1 to 2 inches are possible.

* OTHER IMPACTS...Slippery conditions on sidewalks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means that periods of snow will
cause primarily travel difficulties. Be prepared for limited
visibilities and possibly icy elevated roadways...use caution
while driving.
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1042 Postby cctxhurricanewatcher » Fri Dec 08, 2017 3:05 am

Come down pretty good here in Corpus with some Thunder too!
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1043 Postby KatDaddy » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:32 am

Just woke up for a snow check........YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!! We have snow falling across the Houston-Galveston areas; as well as; STX and along the Middle and Upper TX Coast. The last time the coastal areas had snow was the epic 2004 Christmas Eve snow. There was thunder snow reported in Lake Jackson along the coast earlier this morning.
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1044 Postby Hurricane_Apu » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:56 am

Snowing in Lafayette.
Light accumulation on grass, roofs, etc...
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1045 Postby Cerlin » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:11 am

About 23° here in Frisco this morning... :cold:
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1046 Postby CYCLONE MIKE » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:20 am

KatDaddy wrote:Just woke up for a snow check........YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!! We have snow falling across the Houston-Galveston areas; as well as; STX and along the Middle and Upper TX Coast. The last time the coastal areas had snow was the epic 2004 Christmas Eve snow. There was thunder snow reported in Lake Jackson along the coast earlier this morning.



Snowing all over south LA as well. Had thunder snow around Baton rouge also. Who would have ever thought.
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1047 Postby TexasF6 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:30 am

How many wrecks will there be on the 45 this morning because dumb school districts did not consider temperature drops this morning!!!?
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1048 Postby Ntxw » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:31 am

Congratulations to all! What a beautiful start to winter, we are waking up to a rare winter wonderland along I-10! Satellite views will be interesting along the coastal areas

25F currently in the urban jungle at the big airport, impressive.

Graham, Tx just to the west is at a mind boggling 12F!
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1049 Postby cctxhurricanewatcher » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:41 am

Ntxw wrote:Congratulations to all! What a beautiful start to winter, we are waking up to a rare winter wonderland along I-10! Satellite views will be interesting along the coastal areas

25F currently in the urban jungle at the big airport, impressive.

Graham, Tx just to the west is at a mind boggling 12F!



Safe to say a giant model bust from the Red River to the Rio Grande?
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1050 Postby cctxhurricanewatcher » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:41 am

Good Morning from snowy Corpus Christi.

Almost 2 inches of the good stuff this morning!
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1051 Postby Yukon Cornelius » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:42 am

Currently 15 this morning. Should drop a few more degrees before sunrise. Very heavy frost.
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1052 Postby TeamPlayersBlue » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:44 am

All white here at TPB weather center! Went to bed it juuuuust started sticking, and woke up to white everywhere but the roads. Love it! Taking pics before it all melts!
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1053 Postby Ntxw » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:49 am

cctxhurricanewatcher wrote:
Ntxw wrote:Congratulations to all! What a beautiful start to winter, we are waking up to a rare winter wonderland along I-10! Satellite views will be interesting along the coastal areas

25F currently in the urban jungle at the big airport, impressive.

Graham, Tx just to the west is at a mind boggling 12F!



Safe to say a giant model bust from the Red River to the Rio Grande?


Models saw it way out. Then retracted and was not cold enough, as usual with such a pattern. Stay the course over modelology! The snow is understandable because its not as easy for guidance but no excuse for temps :D. I remember watching almost a week ago of model runs and model posts of DFW not even getting a freeze out of it from the GFS with 40s for lows or upper 30s in some cycles :roll:
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1054 Postby Ntxw » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:58 am

If we use the Ensembles as a stepping stone, the ridge pattern in the NPO will retrograde. What this will allow is the classic bowl shaped trough over North America. Even hints of a southeast ridge. We are liable to build on the cold pattern and take course for yet potential an even colder pattern (or at least aimed better at us down the Great Plains) and including the front range.

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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1055 Postby orangeblood » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:19 am

:uarrow: Was just about to mention this....long range guidance is trending more favorably to a reload of Arctic Air, this time further west. It's been awhile since I've seen this kind of cold forecasted on an ENS Mean this far out - Look at where all the cold is located across the Northern Hemisphere :cold:

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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1056 Postby Ralph's Weather » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:28 am

25 here this morning. Held up a bit because skies were slow to clear.

Looks like a minor front on Tuesday. Rain for next weekend. Finally cold and hopefully snow for around Christmas.

I head to my olace up in NM mountains on the 26th so hoping for good travel weather but llenty of snow up there. Some snow lined highways on the way up would be fun to get in the mood as long as roads are dry.
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1057 Postby gboudx » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:30 am

Glad for you folks getting sneaux. I haven't looked thru the pages but I hope Porta got some of the white stuff as well. Meanwhile it's 24 here. This should shutdown the grass growing process. :)
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1058 Postby gboudx » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:31 am

Latest update from jeff:

Moderate snow band shifting SE toward US 59 will be reaching the coast by 700am with snow ending over the region.

Accumulations on elevated surfaces of 1-2 inches will be most common with some isolated amounts of greater than 3 inches.

Surface temperatures have fallen to between 31-33 over much of the region south of HWY 105 and this has resulted in a few icy patches on area bridges and overpasses. The majority of the bridges and overpasses do not have ice, but some do. In this sort of situation treat every bridge like it may have ice and use extreme caution. Temperatures are actually rising a degree or two once the snow stops and this should help prevent any widespread significant ice on bridges and overpasses. Thus far the main issues have been along I-10 W and US 290 and along the west Beltway where some of the flyover accumulated snow. TXDOT is treating these surfaces currently.

Will likely see most snow melt by 9-10am.
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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1059 Postby wxman57 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:40 am

Went to bed at 1am and the snow was light. Got up a few times between 1 and 7am but didn't see much outside. Looked out at 7am to the images below.

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Re: Texas Winter 2017-2018

#1060 Postby TeamPlayersBlue » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:43 am

Hand it to the canadian, nailed this one almost. Seeing the profiles and making the call ourselves was fun too. Really rewarding event.
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