Texas Winter 2017-2018

[Brent]

around 4-6 inches of snow in DFW it appears, hey I'd be thrilled with that

Thats way better than nothing lol.. I’d still be very happy

and considering the previous runs have been icy with no snow its a positive sign

[Brent]

CMC has ice in DFW Christmas Day

[Ntxw]

So for those wondering.

0z GFS initially is a crippling ice storm Del Rio, to SA/Austin, College Station. Snow from San Angelo to DFW to Texarkana next weekend. Cold, cold rain for Houston. Aloft is a little colder than 18z and everything took a bump towards the 12z Euro.

Next is the Euro run which starts in about an hour.

Edit: Snow for the Red River areas too

[WxGirl403]

Just to preface this, I am by no means a meteorologist, just enjoy the weather. I’m in San Antonio - looks like it’s set up to be smack dab in the middle of an ice storm. Snow ok, ice, bye bye!

[utweather]

Ha! This GFS run has 2.5" of freezing rain around Austin. I don't think Portastorm would like that. I wouldn't. Hopefully, it's wrong.

http://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=gfs&p=zr_acc&rh=2017121600&fh=204&r=us_sc&dpdt=

Catastrophic

[SnowintheFalls]

So for those wondering.

0z GFS initially is a crippling ice storm Del Rio, to SA/Austin, College Station. Snow from San Angelo to DFW to Texarkana next weekend. Cold, cold rain for Houston. Aloft is a little colder than 18z and everything took a bump towards the 12z Euro.

Next is the Euro run which starts in about an hour.

Edit: Snow for the Red River areas too

Definitely glad to see snow on Christmas near the river but am definitely concerned for family in south Texas. Was also hoping the ice would back off but it is alarming how consistent the models have been with it so far.

[Ntxw]

Just to preface this, I am by no means a meteorologist, just enjoy the weather. I’m in San Antonio - looks like it’s set up to be smack dab in the middle of an ice storm. Snow ok, ice, bye bye!

First post! Welcome, glad you dived in . Definitely looking interesting for many areas including the SA area on the latest runs.

[stormlover2013]

2 days out we will get a grasp on this, still 6 days out

[Ntxw]

2 days out we will get a grasp on this, still 6 days out

Brent is going to lose a lot of sleep over this . As many others I'm sure.

[WxGirl403]

I’ve been trying to post all day, but had to be “approved” first. I love learning new thing about the weather! Definitely looks interesting down here for Christmas - not the white Christmas I want!

[Brent]

2 days out we will get a grasp on this, still 6 days out

Brent is going to lose a lot of sleep over this . As many others I'm sure.

lol I've already been waking up early to check models, though so far going back to bed

[Ntxw]

Lost in the storm, is the rather cold run of the GFS. Not the save your pipes cold, but it's not warm. Probably ends up colder than modeled.

[SnowintheFalls]

So, out of curiosity, why is the GFS model free to the public and other models including the Euro behind pay sites? I've been wondering this for a while now! lol

[Ntxw]

So, out of curiosity, why is the GFS model free to the public and other models including the Euro behind pay sites? I've been wondering this for a while now! lol

GFS/Canadian is free to use by all since they are publicly funded by their governments. Euro is a private enterprise and previously you would need to pay for info. However weather.us (includes Ryan Maue) has provided the Euro data for free paying out of their pockets. Not sure how they are doing it, but they have stated their data is free to share and access.

[stormlover2013]

Lol those are the fun days waking up for model runs lol, I’m just wondering how cold this air is going to get

[TheProfessor]

0z GFS is much better for North Texas(not for South Texas, however) 4-6 inches of snow would be great, heck if we get 6 inches that'd be more snow I've seen in 1 storm than I've seen in a single storm in Ohio(the most I've seen is 5). The ice side of the storm could potentially be beyond terrible.

[SnowintheFalls]

So, out of curiosity, why is the GFS model free to the public and other models including the Euro behind pay sites? I've been wondering this for a while now! lol

GFS/Canadian is free to use by all since they are publicly funded by their governments. Euro is a private enterprise and previously you would need to pay for info. However weather.us (includes Ryan Maue) has provided the Euro data for free paying out of their pockets. Not sure how they are doing it, but they have stated their data is free to share and access.

That makes sense. I wasn't aware the Euro was privately funded. I may have to start watching the weather.us site in addition to the GFS site. Thanks for the info!

[EnnisTx]

Lost in the storm, is the rather cold run of the GFS. Not the save your pipes cold, but it's not warm. Probably ends up colder than modeled.

The burst your pipes cold is what I don't want anyone to see. Talk about costly!

[missygirl810]

Ok, dumb question, but going to ask anyway, is Hunt Co considered North TX or Northeast Tx, or Central TX? I have heard all three for my area lol

[Cpv17]

0z GFS is about 5 degrees colder for SE TX compared to the 18z.