Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[ColdFusion]

Wow! Midlothian! Didnt expect that already!

[Texas Snowman]

From OKC NWS:

Weather Synopsis...A life threatening winter storm will grip Oklahoma and north Texas today and this evening. Travel and outdoor activity is extremely discouraged. Winds will average 25 to 35 mph...with gusts over 50 mph. Snow and bitter cold will spread from west to east during the day...resulting in near zero visibility at times. Before the change to snow...parts of central and north central Oklahoma will become icy...with freezing rain and sleet. By afternoon... however...heavy snow will spread out of western north Texas and southwest Oklahoma...overtaking the eastern two thirds of Oklahoma. Snow totals will average 4 to 8 inches in most areas...with slightly less in northwest Oklahoma. The heaviest snow is forecast between Lawton and Pauls Valley...with totals up to 11 inches. Snow will end this evening...but wind and cold will persist...with wind chill temperatures at 5 to 10 degrees above zero

[iorange55]

Mostly sleet with SOME big flakes here in Midlothian. Kids are going nuts!

Heck - the 33 year old kid is going nuts! Bring it Santa! Bring it!

About 15 miles north of there, I imagine we'll see the same thing with the passing sleet/snow shower you're getting.

[CaptinCrunch]

The snow/sleet mix changed back to a grainy snow/drizzel mix

[AggieSpirit]

Wow! Midlothian! Didnt expect that already!

I was cleaning the house and heard tings on the window - sure enough - sleet. I walked outside and confirmed it just to be sure. It tapered off a bit and is mixing with rain again - but looks promising off to the west - dark clouds moving in.

Heck - any frozen precip is neat at Christmas - but if that fluffy stuff moves in - well -- that would just be sweeter.

[cwp419]

Blizzard conditions in Abilene right now:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... it=0&lg=en

[drred4]

check out the the camera farthest east on the whicita site, US 287 @ Fisher road.

Man the snow has piled up quick!!

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

[Texas Snowman]

Update from OKC NWS:

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
845 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-241600-
ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LOVE-MAJOR-MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
845 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION...

A POTENT WINTER STORMS CONTINUES TO UNFOLD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THIS MORNING. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAVE SPREAD ACROSS MUCH
OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE
OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS. AT 845 AM...SNOW WAS
PREVALENT...MAINLY WEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO LAWTON...TO ANADARKO
AND HINTON LINE. AN AREA OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME
SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY
METRO AREA. MEANWHILE...COLD RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.
NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE
COMMON...WITH NUMEROUS GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS IS CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS
TEXAS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
AND PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD
INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY. A PERIOD OF
MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW MAY PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA...BEFORE CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH COMMON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. ROADS ARE ALREADY BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS AND CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
DETERIORATE FURTHER EAST DURING THE MORNING.

[msstateguy83]

snow amounts are gonna be insane at the rate its coming down here in the w.falls anyone got any new data, info or anything about revised amounts? b/c i needs to be lol

[Texas Snowman]

snow amounts are gonna be insane at the rate its coming down here in the w.falls anyone got any new data, info or anything about revised amounts? b/c i needs to be lol

I think you're close to the bull's-eye.

OKC NWS says a band of up to 11" from Lawton to Paul's Valley with 4-8" pretty much every where else in their forecast zones.

Remains to be seen if we can get into the heavy snow action here in Sherman/Denison. Moderate to heavy rain and 38...

EDIT: Based on what I'm seeing on current radar trends, in my totally unofficial opinion, I THINK at the moment that heaviest snow accumulations today and this evening will be the Red River and points 30-40 miles south and the Red River and points 50-70 miles north.

[cwp419]

Abilene webcam:

http://www.ktxs.com/weather/livetowercam.html

[msstateguy83]

this is not official just from my house not a nws site but i have got 4.75" of snow already in an open area in the back yard away from anywhere where it could pile up

[Ntxw]

snow amounts are gonna be insane at the rate its coming down here in the w.falls anyone got any new data, info or anything about revised amounts? b/c i needs to be lol

I think you're close to the bull's-eye.

OKC NWS says a band of up to 11" from Lawton to Paul's Valley with 4-8" pretty much every where else in their forecast zones.

Remains to be seen if we can get into the heavy snow action here in Sherman/Denison. Moderate to heavy rain and 38...

Give it some time, this storm is moving much slower than the models projected. This is why many of the forecasts have prolonged the event even into the evening hours as the low continues to wrap and pull moisture on the backside.

[iorange55]

Abilene webcam:

http://www.ktxs.com/weather/livetowercam.html

There is a chance we could get what Abilene is getting here I know they're further west, but they're also just a tad more south than Dallas. That gives me hope.

[iorange55]

I know everyone says it's slowing down, but just by looking at the radar it seems like the moisture shuts off pretty good just west of Abilene already. Doesn't seem like it'd stay much past 1, or 2. Maybe i'm missing something.

[Texas Snowman]

this is not official just from my house not a nws site but i have got 4.75" of snow already in an open area in the back yard away from anywhere where it could pile up

WOW!!!

Snow shield on Intellicast regional radar goes all the way to Lubbock at the moment (broken all the way to Midland), so you've got plenty more to come I'd guess...

[srainhoutx]

May see some flurries in Central TX and points just a tad S as storm ramps up...

VIS Imagery...

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tropical/satpix ... s_loop.php

WV Imagery...

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tropical/satpix ... v_loop.php

[Ntxw]

I know everyone says it's slowing down, but just by looking at the radar it seems like the moisture shuts off pretty good just west of Abilene already. Doesn't seem like it'd stay much past 1, or 2. Maybe i'm missing something.

Low pressure systems spin counter-clockwise. On the backside the moisture and air is pulled from the north as the entire shield moves east. So rather the stuff up north will head southward slowly in time as the entire thing shifts east. The dynamics of this storm is changing as it deepens.

Edit: Sometimes we forget how big Texas is. Even if the backside appears outside of abilene\lubbock that is a great distance as to say compared to DFW. In other parts of the country this would be distances between several states.

[gofrogs]

thats intresting how it works i guess that is why it is so hard to predict.

[iorange55]

Starting to sleet lightly in South Dallas