Texas Winter 2016-2017

[TexasF6]

Wishing ... hoping ... praying ...

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Yes!!!!!!!!

[srainhoutx]

Saturday morning briefing from Jeff:

Strong winds likely tonight and Sunday.

Gale Warning in effect all waters late tonight/Sunday

Powerful storm system will move out of the SW US and deepen surface low pressure over southern OK this evening. Surface pressures fall to near 992mb overnight north of Dallas resulting in a very tight pressure gradient to setup across TX late tonight into Sunday. 120kt jet core is already punching into W TX this morning and will spread ENE across the state today. Some of this wind energy will be brought to the surface over W TX where winds will gust to 75mph across the W TX mountains and Big Bend area. These winds will spread eastward into central TX this evening and overnight into SE TX in a much weakened state.

Looking for widespread advisory level wind conditions late tonight into Sunday with sustained speeds of 20-30mph and gust to 45mph. Along the coast and offshore gust may reach 50-55mph. Core of strongest winds may extend from central TX into the coastal bend area on Sunday morning with frequent 40mph gusts.

These strong winds for several hours may result in power outages and the downing of tree limbs. Loose outdoor objects should be secured today. Marine vessels should seek safe harbor by early evening and conditions across the bays and Gulf waters will rapidly build to hazardous tonight into early Sunday with seas building to 12-14 feet. Would not be surprised to see offshore platforms gust to 60mph early Sunday.

Upcoming week of weather looks completely opposite of the past week’s active events. Temperatures should cool to near normal for late January as a series of dry cold fronts cross the state. Looks like moisture will be too limited for rainfall with any of these fronts.

As mentioned previously, very cold air is building in Alaska and may surge southward into the US sometime toward the start of February.

[dhweather]

Wishing ... hoping ... praying ...

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I will join you my friend, you have suffered long enough. Maybe God and Mother Nature will hook you up with some snow, you deserve it Porta!

[dhweather]

I may expand my platform in my possible campaign for Governor.

1) Will always be elimination of all Juniper/Mountain Cedar trees in Texas.

2) Work a deal with surrounding states and Mexico to eliminate all of theirs too.

At least tomorrow's winds will be blowing away from DFW, but that just means someone else gets to suffer. Eliminate the trees, then nobody suffers.


Because of my severe allergies to these suckers, I've been reading up on them. Turns out one of their strongest traits is EXTREME drought tolerance. So that explains why there are so many in Hill Country and Northern Mexico. They are the cockroaches of trees.

Our only hope is regular rains to wash the air and trees off, but even that doesn't seem to happen any more.

[wxman57]

Wishing ... hoping ... praying ...

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No, just dreaming...

[Ntxw]

I may expand my platform in my possible campaign for Governor.

1) Will always be elimination of all Juniper/Mountain Cedar trees in Texas.

2) Work a deal with surrounding states and Mexico to eliminate all of theirs too.

At least tomorrow's winds will be blowing away from DFW, but that just means someone else gets to suffer. Eliminate the trees, then nobody suffers.


Because of my severe allergies to these suckers, I've been reading up on them. Turns out one of their strongest traits is EXTREME drought tolerance. So that explains why there are so many in Hill Country and Northern Mexico. They are the cockroaches of trees.

Our only hope is regular rains to wash the air and trees off, but even that doesn't seem to happen any more.

You got my vote. I have been dealing with them today. I cannot wait for the winds to switch. Burn them..make them illegal..the faster the better. Those things are impossible to get rid of. Freeze, fire, drought, rain, winds doesn't dent them one bit.

[aggiecutter]

Tornado Watch until 9:00 for much of East Texas, SW Arkanasas, and Western Louisiana:

[Snowman67]

Wxman57 went a little crazy with the thermostat for deep south Texas today. Mid 90's all over the place down there.

[aggiecutter]

[KatDaddy]

The hope remains.

From the Houston-Galveston AFD this afternoon:

Mid to late week weak upper troughing over the MS River Valley...
with surface ridging enveloping the state...has northeast winds
veering to east through Friday. A relatively dry and cold frontal
passage slated for early Saturday will allow an arctic based
chilled air mass to spill into the region over the weekend.
Subfreezing mid-level air reaching the coast Saturday night will
lower overnight (weekend) minimums to under 40 F. There are slight
POPs in place early Saturday and...depending on the arrival of the
coldest lower-middle layer air in relation to the highest downstream
moisture...the mention of frozen precipitation may work its way
into future forecasts.

[TheProfessor]

Those storms NW of Shreveport look nasty.

[TheProfessor]

Looks like the storm North of Scottsville has a tornado on the ground.

[aggiecutter]

Jeff Piotrowski just reported that a large half-mile wide tornado traveled from NE of Marshall, Texas into western Louisiana near Vivian.

[Texas Snowman]

Photo on Twitter of that tornado certainly looked impressive...

[aggiecutter]

Jeff Piotrowski just reported that a large half-mile wide tornado traveled from NE of Marshall, Texas into western Louisiana near Vivian.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

The hope remains.

From the Houston-Galveston AFD this afternoon:

Mid to late week weak upper troughing over the MS River Valley...
with surface ridging enveloping the state...has northeast winds
veering to east through Friday. A relatively dry and cold frontal
passage slated for early Saturday will allow an arctic based
chilled air mass to spill into the region over the weekend.
Subfreezing mid-level air reaching the coast Saturday night will
lower overnight (weekend) minimums to under 40 F. There are slight
POPs in place early Saturday and...depending on the arrival of the
coldest lower-middle layer air in relation to the highest downstream
moisture...the mention of frozen precipitation may work its way
into future forecasts.

SMH

[aggiecutter]

Looks like the storm North of Scottsville has a tornado on the ground.

Channel 6 out of Shreveport just showed some photos with significant damage in Scottsville. Looks like several homes were destroyed.

[Golf7070]

Orangeblood, do you think we get back into a -epo/wpo setup soon? I think that would give us a better chance at some colder air and perhaps a winter event. What are your thoughts on everything?

[aggiecutter]

This is the same Tornado that hit Scottsville, Texas , as it had just crossed the Louisiana-Texas border near Vivan, Louisiana.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Seeing 998MB pressure in SW houston is crazy to me. Storm coming throguh now, no surprise there with pressure that low near the Gulf.