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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3061 Postby weatherdude1108 » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:06 pm

:uarrow:
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I know, sad.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3062 Postby South Texas Storms » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:18 pm

Brent wrote:Oh look more rain the only precip type Dallas sees anymore :spam:


Better than nothing. South Texas barely sees any rain anymore...some areas have gotten less than 0.50 inch so far this year. We need that to change or else it's going to be another brutal summer there.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3063 Postby Yukon Cornelius » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:24 pm

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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3064 Postby Brent » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:04 pm

hriverajr wrote:And this is what the winter thread has come to.. talking about lawns :(


Really says it all doesnt it :double:

Oh and I'm sure we'll be wishing it was raining in a few months but yeah for this winter I'm over it
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3065 Postby Cerlin » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:19 pm


Oh good, I see NOAA saw my winter cancel. If it wants to spite me, I’m all for it.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3066 Postby Brent » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:45 pm

Cerlin wrote:

Oh good, I see NOAA saw my winter cancel. If it wants to spite me, I’m all for it.


Probably just more cold rain
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3067 Postby Berdman » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:11 pm

hriverajr wrote:And this is what the winter thread has come to.. talking about lawns :(


So true, and OMG, I'm glad I wasn't in the process of drinking something while reading this, my laptop would have had spontaneous precipitation! :D
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3068 Postby aggiecutter » Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:22 am

A little over a foot of rain since the first of the year for Texarkana.
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#3069 Postby snowpocalypse » Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:48 am

19th century TX/LA throwback to console snow-deprived spirits..

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A good read here..
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/weather/the-great-gulf-coast-snowstorm-of-1895/502-34552285-f498-441a-b3fe-a29d4bcdb904
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3070 Postby jasons2k » Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:52 am

That much snow wouldn’t cause too many issues up in North Texas, but in east or southeast Texas, that’s a different story.

Careful what you wish for. The novelty wears off after awhile. I lived through the '93 Superstorm - was in Birmingham, Alabama at the time. The event itself was very exciting for a weather geek like me. Talk about an adrenaline rush seeing and hearing Thundersnow at night and 16" of snow getting dumped on you. The first day after was pretty amazing - playing in the snow and just taking-in the whole experience. I took a lot of great pictures and jumped in the snow like a little kid.

But...longleaf pine trees can't handle that much snow. A lot of them snapped. The recovery was similar to what we experienced after Ike. No power, phone or cable for two weeks. No power meant the electric furnace wouldn't run. The house got frigid. We slept in front of the fireplace in sleeping bags for 3-4 nights until it warmed-up again. Stores were closed for days, and what supplies they had quickly ran out. Thousands of people were trapped on the freeways and had to be rescued with Humvees and the National Guard.

Was it cool? Was it fun and exciting? Yeah, for the days leading up to it, during, and for about a day after the storm hit. After that, the snow melted and it was two weeks of hell.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3071 Postby Cpv17 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:54 am

jasons2k wrote:That much snow wouldn’t cause too many issues up in North Texas, but in east or southeast Texas, that’s a different story.

Careful what you wish for. The novelty wears off after awhile. I lived through the '93 Superstorm - was in Birmingham, Alabama at the time. The event itself was very exciting for a weather geek like me. Talk about an adrenaline rush seeing and hearing Thundersnow at night and 16" of snow getting dumped on you. The first day after was pretty amazing - playing in the snow and just taking-in the whole experience. I took a lot of great pictures and jumped in the snow like a little kid.

But...longleaf pine trees can't handle that much snow. A lot of them snapped. The recovery was similar to what we experienced after Ike. No power, phone or cable for two weeks. No power meant the electric furnace wouldn't run. The house got frigid. We slept in front of the fireplace in sleeping bags for 3-4 nights until it warmed-up again. Stores were closed for days, and what supplies they had quickly ran out. Thousands of people were trapped on the freeways and had to be rescued with Humvees and the National Guard.

Was it cool? Was it fun and exciting? Yeah, for the days leading up to it, during, and for about a day after the storm hit. After that, the snow melted and it was two weeks of hell.


I would be willing to accept my fate for a repeat of that.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3072 Postby Cpv17 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:56 am

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Brent wrote:Oh look more rain the only precip type Dallas sees anymore :spam:


Better than nothing. South Texas barely sees any rain anymore...some areas have gotten less than 0.50 inch so far this year. We need that to change or else it's going to be another brutal summer there.


We haven’t had much here in Wharton County that’s for sure. A lil drizzle here and there that’s about it. Sick of it. Really wondering when we’re finally going to get something moderate to heavy instead of this mist or drizzle.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3073 Postby Brent » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:27 pm

jasons2k wrote:That much snow wouldn’t cause too many issues up in North Texas, but in east or southeast Texas, that’s a different story.

Careful what you wish for. The novelty wears off after awhile. I lived through the '93 Superstorm - was in Birmingham, Alabama at the time. The event itself was very exciting for a weather geek like me. Talk about an adrenaline rush seeing and hearing Thundersnow at night and 16" of snow getting dumped on you. The first day after was pretty amazing - playing in the snow and just taking-in the whole experience. I took a lot of great pictures and jumped in the snow like a little kid.

But...longleaf pine trees can't handle that much snow. A lot of them snapped. The recovery was similar to what we experienced after Ike. No power, phone or cable for two weeks. No power meant the electric furnace wouldn't run. The house got frigid. We slept in front of the fireplace in sleeping bags for 3-4 nights until it warmed-up again. Stores were closed for days, and what supplies they had quickly ran out. Thousands of people were trapped on the freeways and had to be rescued with Humvees and the National Guard.

Was it cool? Was it fun and exciting? Yeah, for the days leading up to it, during, and for about a day after the storm hit. After that, the snow melted and it was two weeks of hell.


I lived in Alabama then too and barely remember it but yeah all I really remember was the snow drifts being taller than me(I was 4 years old :lol: )

Never seen anything remotely close since but then again it was called the Storm of the Century for a reason :lol:
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3074 Postby dhweather » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:47 pm

7 days out, probably wrong. ~528 in the metroplex ??


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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3075 Postby HockeyTx82 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:14 pm

So last night Fox 4 showed an animated polar vortex sitting tightly right over the north pole. Pretty cool seeing that, he was explaining why we have not seen any arctic air of late. That being said how is the see ice looking this year at this point? Any chance something disrupts the vortex and sends some shots before spring gets here? Time is running out.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3076 Postby Cpv17 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:18 pm

dhweather wrote:7 days out, probably wrong. ~528 in the metroplex ??


https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2020021912/gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_us_29.png


The CPC agrees with this.
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3077 Postby Brent » Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:38 pm

dhweather wrote:7 days out, probably wrong. ~528 in the metroplex ??


https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2020021912/gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_us_29.png


lol... I'm sure the precip will vanish as usual yawn

even as cold as that looks the GFS keeps DFW well above freezing :lol:

the Euro has a 29/50 next Thursday
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3078 Postby Brent » Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:23 pm

Likely wrong and still misses most of Dallas :spam:
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3079 Postby weatherdude1108 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:54 pm

snowpocalypse wrote:19th century TX/LA throwback to console snow-deprived spirits..

https://i.imgur.com/jL1xQIF.png

A good read here..
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/weather/the-great-gulf-coast-snowstorm-of-1895/502-34552285-f498-441a-b3fe-a29d4bcdb904


I can't imagine temperatures that cold now, or how many busted pipes there would be! Thanks for sharing this!
:)
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Re: Texas Winter 2019-2020

#3080 Postby Quixotic » Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:22 pm

18z GFS with one more troll job.
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