Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[iorange55]

Wfaa update at 5:26 am

HURSDAY - Morning rain, mixing with and changing to snow. Accumulation locally (FW and Dallas) will be around 1"-3" by this evening. Three or more inches are expected north of a Denton and McKinney line and heavier amounts along and north of the Red River. High: 44 falling to 32 by late afternoon with wind chills in the 10's and 20s. Winds: NW 25-35, G.

Calling for 1-3 inches here.

[amawea]

Well msstateguy83, you should be getting some freezing rain or snow real soon. Altus is reporting freezing rain and Abilene has snow as does Hobart, Ok.

[msstateguy83]

from my wx station had over 0.71" of precip mostly rain, sleet here overnight. yup should be picking up shortly, nws oun is going 'code red' with the enhanced screen page due to the seriousness of this heavy snow most of the day, blizzard like conditions and all iam gonna say is it looks like along the red river, per even nws now could get dang near a foot of snow! with winds as high as they are with to much accum could lead to power outages as well.. also just noticed amarillo has posted blizzard warning for the ern tx panhandle area.

[msstateguy83]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
506 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

TXZ010-013>015-018>020-241800-
/O.UPG.KAMA.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-091224T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KAMA.BZ.W.0002.091224T1106Z-091224T1800Z/
HEMPHILL-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANADIAN...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...
PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
506 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30
TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING NEAR 0 VISIBILITY.

* TIMING: THE NEAR 0 VISIBILITIES...STRONG NORTH WINDS...AND BLOWING
SNOW SHOULD LAST THROUGH NOON CST TODAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ON THE ROADWAYS ARE CAUSING VERY SLICK AND DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICES HAVE REPORTED MULTIPLE VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 40. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU
MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE

[msstateguy83]

The following post is NOT an official forecast and should not be used as such. It is just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. It is NOT endorsed by any professional institution including storm2k.org. For official information, please refer to NWS products.


while the following is just my reading of the models and NOT my actual forecast i just
posting to be careful, the latest models showing a bit of a warm nose above the freezing layer in this may delay the transition to snow... which would provide for a brief period of freezing rain and sleet for a couple extra hours mainly to the north, also now looks like north-central ok could be looking at more of a ice event. overall dont think this will bring snow amounts down a whole lot still very significant amounts by the end of the day across the redriver region of sc ok and nw tx.

[msstateguy83]

just looked out my back door here, serious ice built up with on tree branches, exc...

[Ntxw]

It does seem like closer to the deepening low, the transition is occurring faster than areas farther away from it and cooling the column of air below it. This could be a factor for snow totals later on.

[msstateguy83]

obs site at pvj =pauls valley,ok in garvin county s of norman by about 30 mins now reporting snow.. had a report
just about 30 mins ago of heavy rain from there so must have just switched over in that time.. down now to 32 here now

[msstateguy83]

anyone who HAS to travel to today check out the following sites for road conditions in
tx & ok for the very latest information before getting on the roads!

Oklahoma: http://www.dps.state.ok.us/cgi-bin/weathermap.cgi
Texas: http://www.txdot.gov/travel/road_conditions.htm

[msstateguy83]

link to the tx dot live cameras from the wichita falls district, just click on the camera
icons on the map to pull up each camera. nothing to exciting rightnow but hopefully
that will change in the coming hours. i will also have pics posted on here later today

http://wfsits.dot.state.tx.us/WFS-zoom/default.htm

[Ntxw]

Fyi it's pretty much blizzard-like conditions out in Lubbock where it's 27 degrees currently with winds gusting over 36mph

[msstateguy83]

The following post is NOT an official forecast and should not be used as such. It is just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. It is NOT endorsed by any professional institution including storm2k.org. For official information, please refer to NWS products.


after looking @ the latest data suggust this could be even more serious then first though looking
like a frz rain/sleet mix thru out the morning across a large portion of central ok and spots into sc
ok , nw tx.. with more likely snow sooner the further south BUT there is now more frz rain/sleet in the
picture so we will have that then all have snow across most of the region by noon today. frzing rain
on top of snow. what a mess!

[msstateguy83]

power has been flickering ice is becoming a major problem around here hopefully this changes sooner
rather then later almost over an inch over water on the ground rightnow

[Portastorm]

power has been flickering ice is becoming a major problem around here hopefully this changes sooner
rather then later almost over an inch over water on the ground rightnow

I see Wichita Falls reporting north winds at 21 mph during the last hour. Winds combined with frozen tree limbs, etc. = bad combination. Be careful up there! We need you reporting all day to us!

[Portastorm]

I don't say this often . . . but this morning I wish I was in Lubbock. At 7 am, they reported snow and blowing snow with 26 degrees and a north wind at 30, gusting to almost 40. Now THAT is winter weather!

[Texas Snowman]

Moderate rain here at 39 - waiting for temps to lower some more and the changeover to begin.

Looks like there could be some convective activity in all of this by looks of the radar - snow w/thunder possible? I've only seen that a couple of times - once here, once in northern Kansas.

While this is not an official forecast and is purely my opinion, I tend to agree with Msstateguy83. Based on radar presentation of this storm, it's speed, and route of travel, I think it is highly possible that someone is going to get clocked either side of the Red River with upwards of a foot of snow. OKC NWS is showing potential for 10+ bulls-eye in a portion of south-central Oklahoma.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

[Texas Snowman]

BTW, Merry Christmas everyone!

Enjoy this snow event, but please drive safely if you must get out at all.

[Portastorm]

Snowman, where are you again?

I look forward to getting all the real-time wx reports today from our S2K friends in north Texas!

[Texas Snowman]

Gainesville is now reporting light snow and 37 degrees.

[Texas Snowman]

Portastorm,

I'm in the Sherman/Denison area about five miles from the Oklahoma border.

Hope that there is more than a cold rain to report today!