Texas Winter 2013-2014

[Annie Oakley]

Can anyone confirm if it's snowing in Galveston? the ASOS at the airport has been reporting it consistently for hours now but I don't see much evidence on the webcams

Confirmed:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... uInN_vnbMo

That is just reporting what the METAR is at Scholes Field.

I stand corrected, and I defer the question re: confirmation. Thanks!

[DougNTexas]

Right now it is 28 degrees with a due point of 2. Do not see many Due Points around here of 2 degrees.

[TexasSam]

I just let the dog out to do her business, and a thin sheet of ice covers my car.

[Annie Oakley]

I just let the dog out to do her business, and a thin sheet of ice covers my car.

what kind of dog is it?

[HouTXmetro]

Finally, sleet picking up in intensity in Humble, TX

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Roads are so wet out there. Everything will e locked up in houston.

[Portastorm]

The Portastorm Weather Center has issued a photo statement, effective 5 a.m. on Friday, January 24, 2014. It is as follows:



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[ravyrn]

Anyone got info on SETX roads?

ALL BRIDGES CLOSED
Louisiana State Police Troop D has closed ALL bridges in Calcasieu, Cameron, Allen, Jefferson Davis, and Beauregard.
Wrecks have been reported throughout Southwest Louisiana.
Use extreme caution if you have to be on the road

[Portastorm]

Anyone got info on SETX roads?

ALL BRIDGES CLOSED
Louisiana State Police Troop D has closed ALL bridges in Calcasieu, Cameron, Allen, Jefferson Davis, and Beauregard.
Wrecks have been reported throughout Southwest Louisiana.
Use extreme caution if you have to be on the road

Reports on the KHOU Community Weather Forum indicate that elevated roadways and bridges in the Houston metro area are becoming icy and dangerous. As I write this they're getting moderate sleet mixed with snow per real-time reports.

And here is a traffic link from one of the H-town TV stations:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9405638

[ravyrn]

Reports on the KHOU Community Weather Forum indicate that elevated roadways and bridges in the Houston metro area are becoming icy and dangerous. As I write this they're getting moderate sleet mixed with snow per real-time reports.

And here is a traffic link from one of the H-town TV stations:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9405638

How are the conditions in Austin?

[srainhoutx]

Moderate sleet and snow in NW Harris County. All bridges/overpasses and flyovers quickly icing over. I-10 West bound from Houston completely iced over in Fayette County. Numerous vehicles trapped on flyovers across Metro Houston. Sleet/freezing rain mix in Webster, SE of DT Houston near NASA.

[Portastorm]

Reports on the KHOU Community Weather Forum indicate that elevated roadways and bridges in the Houston metro area are becoming icy and dangerous. As I write this they're getting moderate sleet mixed with snow per real-time reports.

And here is a traffic link from one of the H-town TV stations:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9405638

How are the conditions in Austin?

Heh, terrible. Seriously. All of the local ISDs are closed as are a growing number of businesses. Most of the main roadways are just wet but there are a few which are icy and they're roadways with a grade ... so, you know, a hilly roadway with ice. Bad combo. Pretty much every elevated roadway and bridge is ice encrusted. There were ... no joke, between 100-200 accidents last night alone. Most of our major arteries in town feature elevated roads/bridges so the net effect of the icing is societal shutdown. Law enforcement is asking people to stay off all roads unless it's an emergency.

We ended up with only about .05 to .08 of precip as well, which is a bit below what the short-term models were suggesting yesterday. As it turns out, the GFS was right and the Euro and NAM were wrong.

But as we have to continually remind folks ... it doesn't take much frozen precip at all to lock it all down.

[Portastorm]

Interesting tweet from Joe Bastardi this morning:

Joe Bastardi ‏@BigJoeBastardi
#s beaten by 5 degrees from 3 days out current outbreak in DFW. Next 1should be coldest of winter. Big worry about another in Feb for Tex!

And, not that I'm a CFSv2 fan as it doesn't seem to be all that reliable ... it's always fun to cherrypick maps, right?! See below for what *may* be ahead:



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[ravyrn]

Guys, if you have to hit the roads today, use extreme caution friends in SWLA and S-C&SETX! If you don't, it's time to start posting pics!

[ravyrn]

Porta, per the sig, I think we may have gotten carried away with this event. Perhaps we had a little too much vodka? Let's try to make the next event all snow

[weatherdude1108]

Just found out my work is closed today "due to inclement weather."
WOOHOO!! TGIF!! I'll check out the scenery when it is light out.

Stay safe out there if you have to travel folks!

Meanwhile, back to bed.

[Portastorm]

Porta, per the sig, I think we may have gotten carried away with this event. Perhaps we had a little too much vodka? Let's try to make the next event all snow

LOL ... raising the bar, eh?! Well, I do think the next 2-3 weeks will present our (Texas) best opportunities for snow/ice/sleet/freezing rain/graupel. We'll put down the Grey Goose and get to work on your request.

[cycloneye]

Off Topic stat fact. Porta,look at this.This Texas 2013-2014 Winter thread has already surpassed the Texas Winter 2012-2013 thread that had 240 pages as it has 247 pages as of this post. This means this winter is far more winterlike than the last one for the state of Texas folks.

[Portastorm]

Off Topic stat fact. Porta,look at this.This Texas 2013-2014 Winter thread has already surpassed the Texas Winter 2012-2013 thread that had 240 pages as it has 247 pages as of this post. This means this winter is far more winterlike than the last one for the state of Texas folks.

How about that?!

Very fun stat fact, cycloneye. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I suspect this thread will be close to 300 pages by the time we end our winter season. Think we may have another storm or two in our future before wxman57 takes complete control of the weather.

[ravyrn]

Off Topic stat fact. Porta,look at this.This Texas 2013-2014 Winter thread has already surpassed the Texas Winter 2012-2013 thread that had 240 pages as it has 247 pages as of this post. This means this winter is far more winterlike than the last one for the state of Texas folks.

That makes sense. The DFW has already had the Icemageddon and a near miss to the NW DFW just before that event. And now we've had the snow/ice/sleet event yesterday/this morning. And I reckon we will have another chance or two before 57 is able to fix his weather machine. I'm not familiar where to snag statistics at, but this absolutely must be one of the top 10 coolest winters we've had in Texas in the last 100 years. And we're still set up to get another healthy dose of cold next week after a brief warmup this weekend!