Texas Winter 2012-2013

#3001 Postby **Lane** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:36 am

Question: During tropic season, it seems people pay more attention to the 0z and 12z runs as opposed to the 06z and 18z runs. Does the same hold true in the winter?

iorange55 · #3002 Postby **iorange55** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:47 am

We're getting quite a bit of snow/sleet up here on "the hill" the streets are now covered, collecting nicely on the grass and the cars/roofs are covered.

Precip is turning more into snow now. Had some thunder and lightning.

#3003 Postby **HockeyTx82** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:53 am

Coming down nicely here in Corinth. Streets are now taking. Cars make tracks but not long after they drive over it's covered back up. Very heavy snow now. :froze:

It seems to be a powder snow more then a wet snow this time around.

#3004 Postby **somethingfunny** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:55 am

Awesome.

#3005 Postby **dhweather** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:02 am

THUNDERSNOW in Heath. Maybe 1/4 to 1/2 accumulated, I haven't been out yet.

Boy, if we had more moisture to work with, this would be a big deal. There's plenty of lift passing overhead.

#3006 Postby **RedRiverRefuge** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:03 am

Lane wrote:Question: During tropic season, it seems people pay more attention to the 0z and 12z runs as opposed to the 06z and 18z runs. Does the same hold true in the winter?

Same in winter.

#3007 Postby **Ntxw** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:04 am

Lane wrote:Question: During tropic season, it seems people pay more attention to the 0z and 12z runs as opposed to the 06z and 18z runs. Does the same hold true in the winter?

It's the same. 12z and 0z get upper air data ingested so they see the changes in the atmosphere. 18z/6z are basically reruns of the same data forwarded.

My drive to class was interesting. Main roads are wet and fine but every overpass/bridge was iced over with sleet/snow.

#3008 Postby **Lane** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:07 am

Thank you RedRiver, Ntwx!

#3009 Postby **TrekkerCC** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:10 am

Woah! Freaking event! Snow! I never would have expected that I would wakeup to snow this morning! It's coming down hard. Big, big flakes!

#3010 Postby **Portastorm** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:12 am

Happy for you guys up north ... sounds like an awesome morning in North Texas! Enjoy, take pictures, and share them with those of us who are enjoying our non-freezing drizzle this morning.

#3011 Postby **gboudx** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:13 am

Kids are mad they still have school.

WacoWx · #3012 Postby **WacoWx** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:20 am

Freakin kid in a candy store over here! Light accumulations in the parking lot with tire tracks running through. Grass and roofs are white. Probably ~.5 inches and still snowing. About to hit the roads. Will update when I get to work in a few hours lol

#3013 Postby **TrekkerCC** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:32 am

Estimated 1/2 to 3/4 inch of snow here in North Dallas! It is no longer coming down here (confirmed by the radar), but wow that was quite a surprise while it lasted.

#3014 Postby **RedRiverRefuge** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:34 am

Does anyone know of a site that shows the new dual pol radar images or is that only available to Mets? Understand they can now see sleet vs snow flying debris etc. would love to check that out but havent found a site with live dual pol only educational info.

#3015 Postby **TrekkerCC** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:49 am

RedRiverRefuge wrote:Does anyone know of a site that shows the new dual pol radar images or is that only available to Mets? Understand they can now see sleet vs snow flying debris etc. would love to check that out but havent found a site with live dual pol only educational info.

National Weather Service has very nice training modules for dual polarization: http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/dualpo ... index.html . The Fort Worth radar is a upgraded radar (it is sending out dual polarization data). if you have/or can obtain a radar app (like Radarscope) on your Android/iPhone smartphone, then likely, you can view dual polarization data. GrLevel3 (30 day free trial if you want to try it out) is PC software that can display dual polarization data as well. Weathertap (http://www.weathertap.com) can display dual pol products as well. Unfortunately, these sources require you to pay(eventually) for access, as I know of no free source for dual polarization data, yet.

Edit: To correct typo

TeamPlayersBlue · #3016 Postby **TeamPlayersBlue** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:51 am

This is crazy, two days in a row and they didnt see this, and it might do it again tomorrow!

#3017 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:55 am

From Texoma Weather's Facebook page: "Not to overshadow the event today, but we are still monitoring the potential for wintry precipitation Thursday across northern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, northern Louisiana, and Arkansas. There are still some questions with this system and the majority of our guidance is showing a dry system, but seeing how poorly the models have been performing we believe there's a chance for wintry precip."

#3018 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:56 am

Snow is starting to end in Grayson County. About a 1/2 inch here in Denison. But I've heard they have two inches in Aubrey (near Denton).

#3019 Postby **RedRiverRefuge** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:56 am

@ TrekkerCC. Thanks I'll have to check that out.

WacoWx · #3020 Postby **WacoWx** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:56 am

Was much better around sunrise.

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