2008-09 Texas Winter Weather Thread

[Ed Mahmoud]

Wichita Falls is a tad above freezing, but the dewpoint is 25ºF, and thunderstorms approach. But will they mix down warmer air and keep the normal process of evaporational cooling from bringing a brief taste of Winter to Kamay, Texas, home of the late 1930s Pennsylvanian Strawn oil boom?

[srainhoutx]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
117 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2009

.UPDATE...
HAVE DONE ANOTHER UPDATE TO ADD MENTION OF SLEET MIXED IN WITH
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES...
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A GRAHAM TO SHERMAN LINE.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS
AREA...SO NO SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

[tomboudreau]

Not sure where to post this...so I thought I post this here -

14 February 1895 → Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana were paralyzed during the Gulf Coast Blizzard that dumped 31 inches of snow in twenty-four hours in some areas. Some snow drifts were 6 feet deep. Galveston recorded an incredible 15.4 inches of snow and both Houston and Beaumont had a whopping 20 inches.

Found this on the NWS Louisville website under this day in weather history.

[Texas Snowman]

Local met Steve LaNore has the following tidbit in his daily weather blog on KXII.com: "An arctic air mass is still in the cards sometimes late next week, but a lot can happen in nine days so we’ll just hide and watch for now."

Any shades of last year when N. Texas got two early March snowstorms in the same week? I sure hope so!

[Texas Snowman]

Saw today where Joe Lundberg at Accuweather is talking about a warm up in the Rockies and Plains early next week, but he also notes that a frigid air mass is going to build in western Canada.

Maybe one last gasp of winter for Texas?

[Portastorm]

Saw today where Joe Lundberg at Accuweather is talking about a warm up in the Rockies and Plains early next week, but he also notes that a frigid air mass is going to build in western Canada.

Maybe one last gasp of winter for Texas?

C'mon Snowman, been outside lately? Dude, it is spring!

Let me save you a lot of heartache and misery right now ... the phrases "Arctic outbreak," "Cold airmass down the Plains," and "Snow or ice for Texas" ... just put 'em away until next November. Listen to ol' Pete Townshend and "don't get fooled again!"

[Ed Mahmoud]

Saw today where Joe Lundberg at Accuweather is talking about a warm up in the Rockies and Plains early next week, but he also notes that a frigid air mass is going to build in western Canada.

Maybe one last gasp of winter for Texas?

C'mon Snowman, been outside lately? Dude, it is spring!

Let me save you a lot of heartache and misery right now ... the phrases "Arctic outbreak," "Cold airmass down the Plains," and "Snow or ice for Texas" ... just put 'em away until next November. Listen to ol' Pete Townshend and "don't get fooled again!"

Should be in the 40s, maybe even the 30s, Sunday morning!

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

Laredo to hit mid to upper 90's today and Friday. Love those south Texas winters!

TXZ239-262215-
WEBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO
400 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING SUNNY. HIGHS
IN THE MID 90S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TONIGHT...CLEAR IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS
IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

[Portastorm]

Yesterday it was 91 degrees here in Austin. Less than 24 hours later, we're at 44 degrees at 8 a.m. with a north wind 20 gusting to 30. Wind chills in the mid 30s. What I wouldn't give for a temperature drop of another 10-12 degrees and a cold-core upper level low moving left to right across our state's midsection.

[mysterymachinebl]

Yesterday it was 91 degrees here in Austin. Less than 24 hours later, we're at 44 degrees at 8 a.m. with a north wind 20 gusting to 30. Wind chills in the mid 30s. What I wouldn't give for a temperature drop of another 10-12 degrees and a cold-core upper level low moving left to right across our state's midsection.

91!?! yikes! It was in the 50's here all day. Gotta love Texas!