Texas Winter Cancel

[cheezyWXguy]

Temp just popped up to 33ºF after .16 inches of freezing rain fell yesterday afternoon and evening, things should start melting soon, I'd guess.


Official forecast predicts more freezing rain later tonight.

Where do you live?

[Ed Mahmoud]

Temp just popped up to 33ºF after .16 inches of freezing rain fell yesterday afternoon and evening, things should start melting soon, I'd guess.


Official forecast predicts more freezing rain later tonight.

Where do you live?

Question was about MAF.


I live near DWH, no freezing/frozen this week...

[vbhoutex]

We can uncancel the winter cancel here in Texas!!! It is 42ºf and raining in Houston and has been for a good part of the day. It is much needed rain all over the state, but we could do without the January temperatures in March. Geez, it was 84º and we were in shorts two days ago!!

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

We can uncancel the winter cancel here in Texas!!! It is 42ºf and raining in Houston and has been for a good part of the day. It is much needed rain all over the state, but we could do without the January temperatures in March. Geez, it was 84º and we were in shorts two days ago!!

By next Monday, you'll be able to put those shorts back on and winter will be officially over. We might have some chilly evenings where a light jacket might be required. But back to our drought and average 30 mph spring winds by this time next week.

This is our last hurrah.

[vbhoutex]

We usually do have a last hurrah like this or at least used to when we had winters like we had here in SE TX this year. I now look forward to those shorts!!
Still 43º with drizzle here after 1.8" of rain and 43ºf all yesterday.AND I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RAIN!!! You can hear the yards and plants heaving a huge sigh of relief!!

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

We usually do have a last hurrah like this or at least used to when we had winters like we had here in SE TX this year. I now look forward to those shorts!!
Still 43º with drizzle here after 1.8" of rain and 43ºf all yesterday.AND I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RAIN!!! You can hear the yards and plants heaving a huge sigh of relief!!

I recall more than a couple of Sprink Breaks where we had cold, damp weather just like we're having. Then they stopped for awhile and we had maybe cloudy, but warm temps or just rain without the really chilly weather.

We really haven't had anything but drizzle. Maybe enough to wet down the infield dirt at a baseball field. They say tonight and Saturday is our best chance, but it may only add up to 1/2 inch.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Not much over an hour away by plane, if the flights are delayed by the weather...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
335 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2009

...WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM
WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-140500-
/O.CON.KAMA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090314T1200Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...
WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...
CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
335 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FOR A MIXTURE
OF FREEZING FOG...SLEET...AND SNOW.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WHILE THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL ONLY HAVE LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. IN
ADDITION...FREEZING FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE
FREEZING FOG AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES
NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...WILL RESULT IN ICY SIDEWALKS AND
ROADS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF
TRAVEL IS NECESSARY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

SJOHNSON

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

Nice cool down for sure from Thursday to Sunday. Imagine what it would have been like a month earlier? Didn't get out of the 40's till Sunday morning.

Do you all think it's safe to offcially call it a winter for Texas, save the Panhandle?

[vbhoutex]

Nice cool down for sure from Thursday to Sunday. Imagine what it would have been like a month earlier? Didn't get out of the 40's till Sunday morning.

Do you all think it's safe to offcially call it a winter for Texas, save the Panhandle?

I'll go halfway out on the limb with you. Actually make that 3/4!!!

[Shoshana]

The bluebonnets are popping. Winter's over in Austin....

[lrak]

Man I thought it was over, looks like I'll have to wear a long sleeve shirt this weekend

[gboudx]

Hang on a minute DFW. Lucy(GFS) is tee'ing up the ball.

ON FRIDAY COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA AND FAST MOVING UPPER
LOW MOVES INTO RED RIVER AREA. WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
NEAR/BEHIND THE UPPER LOW...AND GFS CURRENTLY INDICATES TEMPERATURES
ALOFT MAY BE COOL ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME MIXED OR WINTER
PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SYSTEM. HAVE NOT PUT ANY WINTER MIX IN OUR
FORECAST BECAUSE ECMWF KEEPS LOW FARTHER NORTH WHICH WOULD KEEP
WINTER MIX FARTHER NORTH AS WELL. ECMWF HAS A BETTER TRACK RECORD
SO FAR THIS YEAR...BUT WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATE PRECIP TYPE AS
SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS BECOME AVAILABLE. GROUND PRETTY WARM THIS
TIME OF YEAR SO ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE UNLIKELY IF WINTER PRECIP
OCCURS.

[srainhoutx]

Hang on a minute DFW. Lucy(GFS) is tee'ing up the ball.

ON FRIDAY COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA AND FAST MOVING UPPER
LOW MOVES INTO RED RIVER AREA. WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
NEAR/BEHIND THE UPPER LOW...AND GFS CURRENTLY INDICATES TEMPERATURES
ALOFT MAY BE COOL ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME MIXED OR WINTER
PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SYSTEM. HAVE NOT PUT ANY WINTER MIX IN OUR
FORECAST BECAUSE ECMWF KEEPS LOW FARTHER NORTH WHICH WOULD KEEP
WINTER MIX FARTHER NORTH AS WELL. ECMWF HAS A BETTER TRACK RECORD
SO FAR THIS YEAR...BUT WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATE PRECIP TYPE AS
SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS BECOME AVAILABLE. GROUND PRETTY WARM THIS
TIME OF YEAR SO ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE UNLIKELY IF WINTER PRECIP
OCCURS.

Look at Amarillo... ...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1150 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR DAYS ONE THROUGH THREE TIME PERIOD.
STILL ON TRACK TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS THE AREA FROM
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND WRAPPING UP ON SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING ABOVE 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW
AND MAY LEAD TO BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN THURSDAY EVENING AS LIGHT RAIN AND
SWITCH OVER TO LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING
ON FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ALSO
INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM IN THE DEEPER
MOISTURE.

KIMBLE

[Texas Snowman]

Hang on a minute DFW. Lucy(GFS) is tee'ing up the ball.

ON FRIDAY COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA AND FAST MOVING UPPER
LOW MOVES INTO RED RIVER AREA. WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
NEAR/BEHIND THE UPPER LOW...AND GFS CURRENTLY INDICATES TEMPERATURES
ALOFT MAY BE COOL ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME MIXED OR WINTER
PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SYSTEM. HAVE NOT PUT ANY WINTER MIX IN OUR
FORECAST BECAUSE ECMWF KEEPS LOW FARTHER NORTH WHICH WOULD KEEP
WINTER MIX FARTHER NORTH AS WELL. ECMWF HAS A BETTER TRACK RECORD
SO FAR THIS YEAR...BUT WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATE PRECIP TYPE AS
SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS BECOME AVAILABLE. GROUND PRETTY WARM THIS
TIME OF YEAR SO ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE UNLIKELY IF WINTER PRECIP
OCCURS.

Look at Amarillo... ...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1150 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR DAYS ONE THROUGH THREE TIME PERIOD.
STILL ON TRACK TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS THE AREA FROM
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND WRAPPING UP ON SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING ABOVE 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW
AND MAY LEAD TO BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN THURSDAY EVENING AS LIGHT RAIN AND
SWITCH OVER TO LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING
ON FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ALSO
INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM IN THE DEEPER
MOISTURE.

KIMBLE

WOW - so much for the youth weekend of SPRING turkey season in that part of the world for March 28-29th! Blizzard conditions aren't too good for young or old turkey hunters!

[srainhoutx]

Well worth viewing from Amarillo WFO...

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ama/march2009_blizzard/

[southerngale]

Well worth viewing from Amarillo WFO...

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ama/march2009_blizzard/

Wowzers! What a nice, late March treat for that area. It won't be long before all of Texas is scorching for months.

[vbhoutex]

Cancel Texas Winter cancel. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=104028&p=1872017#p1872017

[Ed Mahmoud]

I don't expect snow again anywhere South of about I-40, even though it will be darned chilly for April, but we'll always have December 10th. They can't cancel that!

[Ed Mahmoud]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1013 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-062100-
/O.CON.KFWD.FZ.W.0003.090407T0800Z-090407T1400Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...
BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...
KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...
EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...CISCO...EASTLAND...
RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
1013 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LOWER 30S
ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. IMMEDIATE URBAN AREAS MAY REMAIN JUST
ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MIDDLE 30S. RURAL AREAS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
FALL QUICKLY AFTER DARK WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
QUICKLY AND BE NEAR CALM BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY
TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD ALSO BE TURNED OFF TO AVOID CREATING ICE
PATCHES ON NEARBY ROADS...DRIVEWAYS...AND SIDEWALKS.

[Ed Mahmoud]

50ºF (10º ) at 10 am in Houston. April, or January!!!!!!