Texas Winter 2015-2016

[BrokenGlassRepublicn]

Graupel storm in Addison at the moment.

[Ralph's Weather]

Graupel storm in Addison at the moment.

Yea, we had some small hail earlier. It is cold aloft.

[Ntxw]

Yeah its a lot of hail in the Addison/FB area

[orangeblood]

Graupel storm in Addison at the moment.

Yep, heavy graupel in North Dallas....covered the streets for a brief time frame

[BrokenGlassRepublicn]

[ColdFusion]

That was unexpected. Even had some pretty good ice accumulations on the car windshields near the Addison airport.

[srainhoutx]

Upper low is strengthening enough for rising thunderstorms throughout the column. Lots of pea sized hail reports coming in across the N Texas area.

[Brent]

pouring graupel here. I suppose this is the closest thing to a snowstorm this year.

[Ntxw]

pouring graupel here. I suppose this is the closest thing to a snowstorm this year.

To me it looked like hail. A lot heavier and sharper than sleet/graupel

[Brent]

pouring graupel here. I suppose this is the closest thing to a snowstorm this year.

To me it looked like hail. A lot heavier and sharper than sleet/graupel

It even started to collect on the ground in spots...

[JayDT]

.... And of course, just plain old rain down here by Duncanville..

[Ellsey]

Yep, tiny hail/ice of some kind here as well. I was suprised.

[Jarodm12]

Wylie is a mixture of rain and sleet, temperature at 38 and Greenville is reporting all snow at 36 degrees

[wxman57]

I guess this goes without saying ... but I'll say it anyhow: this so-called winter has been awful. Terrible. Worthless. Outside of the severe weather episode between Christmas and New Years ... there has been nothing to speak of. El Nino shut off its spigot around that time and since them we've had nothing but seasonal temps to maybe slightly below. No moisture return. Fog but no rain. What a lousy excuse for a "winter."

I'm getting to see wxman57's side of things ... if it's not going to sleet or snow and this is all we get, bring on warmer temps and spring. Seriously. We haven't even had a good freeze here which we really need for many plants and fruit-bearing trees to renew for spring. And there are no signs in the models (operational or ensembles) that I can see of anything really changing much. I don't want to get into a climate change debate but since it's been 12 years since Austin has seen any measurable (1" or more) snow, I have to wonder if this is simply the new norm. Mild winters ... maybe a freezing drizzle episode here or there and that's it. Could be.

Not so fast! I don't want to hear any talk about winter being over, Portastorm! There will be plenty of winter to come in February (maybe).

[srainhoutx]

I guess this goes without saying ... but I'll say it anyhow: this so-called winter has been awful. Terrible. Worthless. Outside of the severe weather episode between Christmas and New Years ... there has been nothing to speak of. El Nino shut off its spigot around that time and since them we've had nothing but seasonal temps to maybe slightly below. No moisture return. Fog but no rain. What a lousy excuse for a "winter."

I'm getting to see wxman57's side of things ... if it's not going to sleet or snow and this is all we get, bring on warmer temps and spring. Seriously. We haven't even had a good freeze here which we really need for many plants and fruit-bearing trees to renew for spring. And there are no signs in the models (operational or ensembles) that I can see of anything really changing much. I don't want to get into a climate change debate but since it's been 12 years since Austin has seen any measurable (1" or more) snow, I have to wonder if this is simply the new norm. Mild winters ... maybe a freezing drizzle episode here or there and that's it. Could be.

Not so fast! I don't want to hear any talk about winter being over, Portastorm! There will be plenty of winter to come in February (maybe).

I was going to say the same thing. We should start getting some good data across the Pacific. NOAA G-IV is about to depart for a 2 month Winter RECON mission out of Hickam Field in Honolulu/Pearl Harbor. For what it's worth the old GFS is showing some very impressive negative temperature departures across our Source Region of Eastern Alaska/NW/Central Canada around the first of February.

[Ntxw]

Oh dear god...snowmiser again...that just about ends our winter.

[Ralph's Weather]

Wylie is a mixture of rain and sleet, temperature at 38 and Greenville is reporting all snow at 36 degrees

I would like to see what people on the ground say to see if it is in fact snow in Greenville. I will check with my friend up there.

Update: No snow reported by my friend.

[TheProfessor]

I'm seeing circulation in Kansas that the models either didn't predict or had it weakening before now. How would that affect the low in Texas? would it push it further South?

[srainhoutx]

No snow reported anywhere across N Texas. FWD is doing a Special 18Z balloon launch shortly in support of the East Coast Nor'easter and is curious to see what that upper air data actually is.

[Ralph's Weather]

No snow reported anywhere across N Texas. FWD is doing a Special 18Z balloon launch shortly in support of the East Coast Nor'easter and is curious to see what that upper air data actually is.

It is a nice time locally to have special balloon launch. We rarely get much out of eventual Nor'Easters but maybe someone can get lucky later today. The closer to Texarkana the better the chance.