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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5021 Postby downsouthman1 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:16 pm

Quixotic wrote:16 degrees pelting sleet and that fog/snow that nobody seems to be able to categorize. I never thought much of it but it dusted us today. Anywho, all the footprints when I was going to the wood pile are gone. So going with 2” of whatever. It’s sleet or graupel. Leaning towards graupel since it doesn’t crunch when I walk through it. Everything from here on out is pure gravy.

Graupel & sleet for me all day in Rowlett. Negligible freezing rain. Good rains yesterday. Some snow earlier but not enough to stick.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5022 Postby Longhornmaniac8 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:16 pm

Mostly sleet falling in SE Austin.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5023 Postby downsouthman1 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:18 pm

The big show(s) are for real yall. I see 2 for a large chunk of Texas, especially north.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5024 Postby Portastorm » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:20 pm

Tireman4 wrote:
Portastorm wrote:Currently 23° now with a mix of sleet and freezing rain falling. Sidewalk outside getting icy.



Did the Portastorm Weather Center get the final delivery of Grey Goose? I figured it would be close. Those mets will need it


Last shipment arrived this morning! Lol. Gonna be a long week.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5025 Postby SnowintheFalls » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:21 pm

Definitely seeing the predicted dry slot in the radar for Wichita Falls. Not sure if it shuts off the moisture for us completely or just temporarily.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5026 Postby utpmg » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:22 pm

Here in East Austin I have 25º with I guess a "wintry mix." I see accumulated sleet on my driveway, hear it falling, and suspect some freezing rain coating items as well.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5027 Postby WacoWx » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:25 pm

Looking at the radar returns in Brownwood heading toward DFW and the radar out of Midland, I am now seeing why the potential for 4” of sleet was in the conversation yesterday. The amount of moisture at 19 degrees and potential accumulation is really hard to fathom.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5028 Postby Gotwood » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:25 pm

What’s crazy is I’ve lived out here in SW Parker county for a tad over 4 years now and this is the most winter precipitation I’ve had and it’s been all sleet.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5029 Postby rwfromkansas » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:30 pm

No big storms off the coast of Houston sucking up moisture, too.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5030 Postby JayDT » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:32 pm

Another batch of heavy sleet in southwestern Dallas county.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5031 Postby UTSARoadrunner4 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:34 pm

UTSARoadrunner4 wrote:22° and freezing drizzle/rain in Far Northern Bexar County. Truck has ice all over it. Haven’t seen any sleet yet, but I can hear it. Slipped while walking the dog. I hope everyone down here stays off the roads. Unfortunately, that’s wishful thinking over here.

Update: Full on sleet. That didn’t take long at all…
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5032 Postby Brent » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:34 pm

:froze: this is definitely the peak here so far

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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5033 Postby TexasF6 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:46 pm

Heavy Wintry Mix falling in the Jollyville area. Sleeting is predominant.
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5034 Postby LearnedHat » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:47 pm

I live in Keller but I am out of town with my mother in Temple to ride this out . . . any updates on the Keller area or nearby?
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5035 Postby Iceresistance » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:47 pm

SnowintheFalls wrote:Definitely seeing the predicted dry slot in the radar for Wichita Falls. Not sure if it shuts off the moisture for us completely or just temporarily.

Well, every time the dry slot comes to me, it gets filled in, there's a lot of snow that keeps backbuilding in Lawton then coming to me
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5036 Postby Brent » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:51 pm

Finally some rates that might do something

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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5037 Postby iorange55 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:53 pm

Heavy band is gonna come through Austin soon
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5038 Postby Portastorm » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:53 pm

TexasF6 wrote:Heavy Wintry Mix falling in the Jollyville area. Sleeting is predominant.


Same here in Round Rock. Heavy sleet falling now and 22°. About 1/4” accumulation and everything outside is iced over! Lots more to come too per radar. Heck, maybe we’ll even get some thundersleet later. Wooo!! :D
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5039 Postby Ntxw » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:54 pm

Glad you guys are getting sleet down there and not the other bad stuff!
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Re: Texas Winter 2025-2026

#5040 Postby Captmorg70 » Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:58 pm

LearnedHat wrote:I live in Keller but I am out of town with my mother in Temple to ride this out . . . any updates on the Keller area or nearby?


It seems like what ends up at my place goes through Keller. So probably 17F and couple inch of sleet.
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