Texas Winter 2019-2020

[weatherdude1108]

I know, sad.

[South Texas Storms]

Oh look more rain the only precip type Dallas sees anymore

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.

[Yukon Cornelius]

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[Brent]

And this is what the winter thread has come to.. talking about lawns

Really says it all doesnt it

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

[Cerlin]

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

[Brent]

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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

[Berdman]

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!

[aggiecutter]

A little over a foot of rain since the first of the year for Texarkana.

[snowpocalypse]

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



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

[jasons2k]

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.

[Cpv17]

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.

[Cpv17]

Oh look more rain the only precip type Dallas sees anymore

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.

[Brent]

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 )

Never seen anything remotely close since but then again it was called the Storm of the Century for a reason

[dhweather]

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

[HockeyTx82]

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.

[Cpv17]

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.

[Brent]

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

the Euro has a 29/50 next Thursday

[Brent]

Likely wrong and still misses most of Dallas

[weatherdude1108]

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!

[Quixotic]

18z GFS with one more troll job.