Texas Winter 2016-2017

[Texas Snowman]

:uarrow:

Texas Snowman ... ha ha! That is awesome. Those icicles are scary looking.

Portastorm, just wish they were hanging off the back of Champ the Charger in scenic Austin. One day my friend, one day...

[Ntxw]

:uarrow:

Texas Snowman ... ha ha! That is awesome. Those icicles are scary looking.

Portastorm, just wish they were hanging off the back of Champ the Charger in scenic Austin. One day my friend, one day...

Or hanging off a particular Bike down in houston...

[Ntxw]

FW's animation shows really well the lake effect stuff

[aggiecutter]

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
959 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS...AND FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...

ARZ059>061-070>073-TXZ096-097-108>112-070000-
/O.EXB.KSHV.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170107T0000Z/
LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION-
RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ASHDOWN, HOPE, PRESCOTT, TEXARKANA,
STAMPS, LEWISVILLE, BRADLEY, MAGNOLIA, EL DORADO, CLARKSVILLE,
BOGATA, MOUNT VERNON, MOUNT PLEASANT, PITTSBURG, DAINGERFIELD,
LONE STAR, NAPLES, OMAHA, ATLANTA, LINDEN, HUGHES SPRINGS,
AND QUEEN CITY
959 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

* EVENT...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND
MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO AN AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
TODAY.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* IMPACT...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON GRASSY
SURFACES AS WELL AS ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
SHORTLY AFTER THE SNOW BEGINS.

[Texas Snowman]

FW's animation shows really well the lake effect stuff

The big cold front right before Christmas, we had some lake effect off of Lake Texoma that Sunday morning. Funny thing was the sun was shining and the sky was only partly cloudy.

[Ntxw]

DFW's best window still looks to be from about Noon to 3pm

[Texas Snowman]

:uarrow:

Texas Snowman ... ha ha! That is awesome. Those icicles are scary looking.

Portastorm, just wish they were hanging off the back of Champ the Charger in scenic Austin. One day my friend, one day...

Or hanging off a particular Bike down in houston...

Or snow up to the handlebars!

[Texas Snowman]

FYI, last year during our blow-torch winter, the Texas Winter Weather Thread had 184 pages.

This year? While we haven't had the big events that any of us want just yet, the threat of winter weather and two powerful Arctic blasts have us standing at 159 pages...and counting...on January 6th.

Hang in there everybody, the winter of 2016-17 is greater than the winter of 2015-16...by a long shot. And the best is yet to come.

[Theepicman116]

I keep telling myself that this won't be the last time we get snow but this is Texas! Especially in North Texas! When we do get snow in a year it normally ranges from 1-4 times during winter that we'll get snow. I hope this isn't our only time for snow. A cold Winter with no snow just suuuucks! A roller coaster winter where it feels like someone is spinning a wheel to determine the temperature is awful.

[wxman57]

Portastorm, just wish they were hanging off the back of Champ the Charger in scenic Austin. One day my friend, one day...

Or hanging off a particular Bike down in houston...

Or snow up to the handlebars!

My bike is remaining a comfortable 73 degrees (in my spare bedroom). I'm wearing 3 layers of clothes while at my desk - undershirt, heavy LL Bean shirt with flannel lining, and leather coat. Have to head outside to go grab some lunch shortly. If I don't chime in this afternoon then I didn't make it back to my desk.

[Ntxw]

FYI, last year during our blow-torch winter, the Texas Winter Weather Thread had 184 pages.

This year? While we haven't had the big events that any of us want just yet, the threat of winter weather and two powerful Arctic blasts have us standing at 159 pages...and counting...on January 6th.

Hang in there everybody, the winter of 2016-17 is greater than the winter of 2015-16...by a long shot. And the best is yet to come.

It's been a bipolar winter. Even more bipolar than the infamous event of March 2014. See below

Wxman57 bet vs TeamPlayersblue

[Tireman4]

FYI, last year during our blow-torch winter, the Texas Winter Weather Thread had 184 pages.

This year? While we haven't had the big events that any of us want just yet, the threat of winter weather and two powerful Arctic blasts have us standing at 159 pages...and counting...on January 6th.

Hang in there everybody, the winter of 2016-17 is greater than the winter of 2015-16...by a long shot. And the best is yet to come.

It's been a bipolar winter. Even more bipolar than the infamous event of March 2014. See below

Wxman57 bet vs TeamPlayersblue

Uhh oh...I remember this...here we go....

[gboudx]

From jeff:

Numerous reports of sleet across Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, and Liberty Counties.

Radar indicates a band of precipitation rain/mixed with sleet or in some cases turning over to all sleet along and just north of US 59. Surface temperatures have been holding in the mid 30’s so much of what is falling is melting on contact with the ground, however some of the heavier cells have been able to coat a few rooftops in Tomball and even a few lightning strikes have occurred suggesting lift from the incoming short wave is being maximized. In fact Cleveland has reported thunder with sleet in the last hour. Rain has actually switched over to freezing rain in northern Fort Bend County where recent images from Simonton show ice has formed on elevated tree limbs and decks and suspect the same thing is happening over Waller County and extreme NW Harris County (around Hockley and Waller) since the temperature at Tomball has fallen to 34.

While freezing line has progressed into about ½ of SE TX, there are generally no roadway impacts S or E of Fayette County where ground warmth is helping to keep bridges from icing. Elevated surfaces NW of a line from Wharton to Katy to Tomball to Conroe such as tree limbs, decks, fences, vehicles may accumulate a thin layer of ice.

Still getting reports from TXDOT of icing of bridges in Bastrop and now Fayette Counties. HWY 71 has been widely impacted this morning. Temperatures remain steady in the upper 20’s in this area and have fallen to 32 at Columbus. Not sure this area nor even our western counties will even get above freezing today given the continued cold air advection and wet bulb cooling in the precipitation.

[bubba hotep]

DFW's best window still looks to be from about Noon to 3pm

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That run is trying!

[STX Expat]

What Don, Yukon and Ntwx said. Things are covering up pretty well here. Much better than I anticipated for sure. Seems we're getting our biggest bursts when there are no RADAR returns at all.

It's happened before when temps are really cold and dendritic growth is optimum. The heavier radar returns can kickstart it but then it keeps going. But that -12C starting point low to the ground (850s) and dendrites are formed low in the atmosphere radar can miss it.

Thank you for the explanation. Makes sense.

I've also noticed the during the heavier bursts we're getting round balls of crystals (right now, actually) versus the classic clumpy flakes. Not sleet I wouldn't think - the column is completely frozen and it's 18°. What causes them to ball up like that? Round versus sharp/needle-like crystals? Anyone chime in.

Texas Snowman - sorry about your faucet, but I did laugh. Literally out loud.

[Texas Snowman]

Or hanging off a particular Bike down in houston...

Or snow up to the handlebars!

My bike is remaining a comfortable 73 degrees (in my spare bedroom). I'm wearing 3 layers of clothes while at my desk - undershirt, heavy LL Bean shirt with flannel lining, and leather coat. Have to head outside to go grab some lunch shortly. If I don't chime in this afternoon then I didn't make it back to my desk.

L.L. Bean heavy shirt with a flannel lining? You're a good man sir, a good man!

[Ntxw]

L.L. Bean heavy shirt with a flannel lining? You're a good man sir, a good man!

Are you currently getting any snow right now? Or is it virga on radar?

[Ntxw]

Radar. Action mostly in far NTX and SE Texas

[Texas Snowman]

L.L. Bean heavy shirt with a flannel lining? You're a good man sir, a good man!

Are you currently getting any snow right now? Or is it virga on radar?

Nope, no virga. In fact, we've had decent snow falling off and on for the last couple of hours. Starting to try and cover the street and my backyard is starting to get pretty white.

[Ntxw]

It could freeze down in parts of the RGV tonight into tomorrow morning. Not everybody but further inland. Brownsville will be 34-36 but up the river 32-34.



I digress, discussion from a week ago...

I don't buy the temps... not with a rare deep neg EPO AND crashing AO with a snowpack to the north

I could care less about the precip at this point. It's worthless until 48-72 out

I've been skeptical of the GFS' temps. You're right though it's not often you see that -EPO like that strong and DFW barely brushes freezing. I guess it could happen since the southern US is zonal especially with the trough is flat like the GFS shows but it doesn't happen often.

Except this airmass is coming from a source region that is frigid. The last big front we had was in a very progressive pattern and the airmass bled south. This one is colder and the EPO is even more on our side.