Texas Winter 2018-2019

[Portastorm]

Guidance is suggesting winds may well be gusting 40 to close to 60 MPH as the compact vertically stacked storm traverses Texas. Folks in Oklahoma, North and possibly portions of Central Texas could see those higher gusts. Gales are likely along the Upper Texas Coast into Louisiana. Travel issues are looking likely due to high winds and if you have plans on flying Thursday or Friday, you may need to re evaluated and plan for cancellations.

Thanks for raising this issue, srain. It's going to be a Texas headline grabber for sure. We're advising folks in our area to plan to deflate and tie down those Christmas inflatables or else they'll end up in College Station.

[Ntxw]

Guidance is suggesting winds may well be gusting 40 to close to 60 MPH as the compact vertically stacked storm traverses Texas. Folks in Oklahoma, North and possibly portions of Central Texas could see those higher gusts. Gales are likely along the Upper Texas Coast into Louisiana. Travel issues are looking likely due to high winds and if you have plans on flying Thursday or Friday, you may need to re evaluated and plan for cancellations.

Thanks for raising this issue, srain. It's going to be a Texas headline grabber for sure. We're advising folks in our area to plan to deflate and tie down those Christmas inflatables or else they'll end up in College Station.

Areas that sees snow, likely will be in real time blizzard conditions. Quarter mile visibility and 30mph+ winds

[orangeblood]

Guidance is suggesting winds may well be gusting 40 to close to 60 MPH as the compact vertically stacked storm traverses Texas. Folks in Oklahoma, North and possibly portions of Central Texas could see those higher gusts. Gales are likely along the Upper Texas Coast into Louisiana. Travel issues are looking likely due to high winds and if you have plans on flying Thursday or Friday, you may need to re evaluated and plan for cancellations.

Thanks for raising this issue, srain. It's going to be a Texas headline grabber for sure. We're advising folks in our area to plan to deflate and tie down those Christmas inflatables or else they'll end up in College Station.

Areas that sees snow, likely will be in real time blizzard conditions. Quarter mile visibility and 30mph+ winds

Would be an unusual site to see with wind driven heavy wet snow, I'd imagine not a lot of road surface issues though with ground temps well above freezing!!

[losf1981]

Hope DFW gets it's snow so we can all go back to wishing for more snow without sounding greedy! lol #winteriscoming

I don't worry about sounding greedy! Move north if you want better chances of snow!

[ThunderSleetDreams]

Guidance is suggesting winds may well be gusting 40 to close to 60 MPH as the compact vertically stacked storm traverses Texas. Folks in Oklahoma, North and possibly portions of Central Texas could see those higher gusts. Gales are likely along the Upper Texas Coast into Louisiana. Travel issues are looking likely due to high winds and if you have plans on flying Thursday or Friday, you may need to re evaluated and plan for cancellations.

Thanks for raising this issue, srain. It's going to be a Texas headline grabber for sure. We're advising folks in our area to plan to deflate and tie down those Christmas inflatables or else they'll end up in College Station.

Areas that sees snow, likely will be in real time blizzard conditions. Quarter mile visibility and 30mph+ winds

Reminds me of the time I drove to Yellowknife, NT... Lordy, a Canadian Plains blizzard is nothing to screw with. I was an idiot, 25 years old, and way too much of a Winter Weather Chaser.

[orangeblood]

Latest NAM has let up on the 850mb winds a little but still almost approaching hurricane force just 4-5k ft up!!

[weatherdude1108]

Guidance is suggesting winds may well be gusting 40 to close to 60 MPH as the compact vertically stacked storm traverses Texas. Folks in Oklahoma, North and possibly portions of Central Texas could see those higher gusts. Gales are likely along the Upper Texas Coast into Louisiana. Travel issues are looking likely due to high winds and if you have plans on flying Thursday or Friday, you may need to re evaluated and plan for cancellations.

Thanks for raising this issue, srain. It's going to be a Texas headline grabber for sure. We're advising folks in our area to plan to deflate and tie down those Christmas inflatables or else they'll end up in College Station.

I have neighbors across from me that have several inflatables in their front yard. They are NNE of my house (general upgradient direction of the predicted winds). So basically, I'm hoping they have them strapped down pretty well, otherwise, my house may inherit a couple of those inflatables.

[Haris]

This gets Close !

[Cerlin]

Did DFW do something to offend the NAM?? I don’t understand why these systems always keep dying right as it approaches DFW

[TheProfessor]

Definitely an impressive storm. 3KM NAM would appear to have thundersnow out west. DFW might want this system to approach faster, a night hit would be better for accumulating snowfall.

[TheProfessor]

Did DFW do something to offend the NAM?? I don’t understand why these systems always keep dying right as it approaches DFW

Someone told the NAM I'm coming to town so it's doing what storms like to do on the models in Ohio(dying out before it reaches me) before ultimately ending up somewhere else. If the pattern is correct storms like to end up a bit south or west of me. This means it will be a Waco-Austin storm. However, if the storm is faster and occurs well before I fly in then DFW has a chance

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Looking forward. The cold temps continue to stay in Asia for the next couple weeks. If the bathtub slosh theory plays out like JB has said in the past, i'd expect January to turn sharply. This SSW that is forecast could be what gets it going.

[JayDT]

Im just trying to tell myself over and over that its better to not be in the bullseye this far out..... Cause this is starting to get really annoying.

[spencer817]

Another troll run by the GFS this time, I try not to get caught up in models but wow DFW is cursed if we don't get something out of this.

[Ralph's Weather]

This is another bonus storm we have not yet settled into the true winter pattern yet. Late Dec through Feb is when we will have our real chances. These dynamic storms will then be supported by blocking at the upper latitudes.

[rwfromkansas]

I have a hard time believing this storm would just die out before DFW. It's dynamic.

[orangeblood]

I have a hard time believing this storm would just die out before DFW. It's dynamic.

The problem is it has a limited amount of cold air to work with that it's bringing down from Canada....as soon as it bombs out the clock is ticking before the warm gulf air gets entrained/erodes all of the cold air!!! This looks like it'll be a quick hitter for a lucky few counties in North Texas

You can see this on the models out of this sequence....1st frame it has a direct tap into Canada, then 2nd frame it is cut-off and eroding quickly

[Brent]

I have a hard time believing this storm would just die out before DFW. It's dynamic.

The issue i see is after needing a slower trend now we need it move in faster if it waits til later Friday then good luck because the only way this works is to come in early morning before the sun comes up. Thats why the bullseye is west of us now

But we are still over 48 hours out and I'm sure the models arent on their final solution yet. Just ask OKC last week

[rwfromkansas]

Ah, that makes sense. I didn't see why it was an issue. Let's hope it comes in fast enough.

[AubreyStorm]

Yessssss! Snow .....