WOW. 12Z GFS Huge snowstorm TX GulfCoast to AL/FL GulfCoast!

[Steve]

Snow wold be cool and all, but I'd be real happy with a day over 60 degrees. I'm native Louisiana (= thin blood ) and I like my days in the 90's, even in winter time. I'll never forget the snow in 72 (or was it early 73?). We got about a half an inch and the city was paralyzed. It was great. What was even better was that we hit 60 the next day! Last decent snowfall was in early 1989 where we got an ice storm, snow dusting and that night we got another impulse through with flakes. Since then, it's been minor sleet here and there at best south of Lake Pontchartrain. We got some ice in March 1993 but we missed the 96-97 or 98 event. That sucker jumped right over New Orleans. It snowed everywhere else but here. The clouds were thick and heavy. We got off work early. I was watching the radar loops on TWC chomping at the bit. And the greens just jumped right over the city. It was a disaster (though admittedly not the type of disaster I was hoping for). Mobile area squeezed out 2-4", northshore got 1". We got zip. We got ripped.

Steve

[MGC]

Steve, it was early in 73. I walked to school that day. I had to listen to my Mom talk about walking to school in the snow in Jersey so naturally I had to walk in the snow at least once in my life. Now I get to tell my kids that I walked to school in the snow.....MGC

[Wpwxguy]

00Z is back with the gulf storm, only this time its on the 27th... Regardless if we get snow or not in the south, its gonna be soooo cooollllddd.

[Wpwxguy]

looks like the 25th thru the 30th would be horribly cold in the deep south. AHHHH, too far out!!!!! Will change on next run.......OR WILL IT??

[Steve]

>>Steve, it was early in 73. I walked to school that day. I had to listen to my Mom talk about walking to school in the snow in Jersey so naturally I had to walk in the snow at least once in my life. Now I get to tell my kids that I walked to school in the snow.....MGC

I think we might have even gotten frozen precip twice that winter - but the main deal was in early 73 (still some dated photos at my dad's house). I was going to school uptown, and I rememer it was sleeting on the way to school. The school had painted windows, so no one even knew it was snowing. I saw it out of a stairwell hallway around lunchtime, and then everyone started leaving. My mom didn't know the school had closed, so we were stuck until 3:00.

The '89 reference probably should have been 88 which I think was a February day. We did get another ice storm either that winter or in 89-90 when I was living in mid-City. But it's been a pretty long time since we've had any real frozen precipitation. I halfway remember reading something in the Times Picayune about snow in New Orleans where they actually got 10" in the 1890's from a storm that came up out of the Gulf. The next closest ever might have been a couple of inches.

Steve

[MGC]

Steve, it did snow twice that winter in New Orleans. The first snow happened at night and was just a dusting. The second snow dropped an inch or so at my house in NO east.....MGC