Texas Winter 2020-2021

[utweather]

600 homes in Leander have lost gas services, so no way to heat their homes even with electricity. It's at 8 degrees in Leander.

Very unfortunate. Same thing in the east Austin neighborhoods of Austin Colony and Chaparral Crossing.

[Brent]

DFW at 9 first single digits since 1996

Also

4 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED BY D/FW AIRPORT
SNOW OBSERVERS.

[jasons2k]

Wow, it's 24 in Port Aransas. The vegetation destruction is going to be unimaginable.

[Browndog]

12F WC -4F and the big band is moving in. Expecting 6 to 10". Absolutely incredible. I have never seen this in all my time in the mountains to think of it in East Texas is mind boggling.

I’m working in Longview tonight off the north loop. We have 4-5” already on the ground here. Huge flakes from about 8:40pm till around 10:00pm. Can’t tell the difference between parking lots and landscaping. I called my wife a few miles south on Lake Cherokee, and we’re sitting at an inch there with prolonged sleet/graupel mix. It looks like it finally may have switched over there to all snow now, but it’s crazy how a warm nose only a few miles apart can make such a difference. The main show looks like it’s about to start, so I’m looking forward to seeing the final numbers. I’ll be sure to post pictures later.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

The wind is on another level down here now. Just put a brisket on, hope the power stays on!

Edit: The band from Cypress to la grange looks very strong.

[Brent]

Ercot at level 3 now

[Cuda17]

The wind is on another level down here now. Just put a brisket on, hope the power stays on!

Edit: The band from Cypress to la grange looks very strong.

Yep, I noticed that too. It's about to come through Bellville.

[SoupBone]

It's sleeting bad in NW Houston right now, the lights flickered a few times. This is nuts. I want snow, not this crap. Sounds like thousands of pellet guns shooting my house.

That ERCOT level is very concerning considering it's night time. They weren't supposed to be at this level this soon.

[Snowman67]

Heavy sleet in Tomball.

[utweather]

Snow is piling up and still coming down hard. I think I have about 4 inches so far. 11.7 degrees. SE Austin

[megsy]

It's sleeting bad in NW Houston right now, the lights flickered a few times. This is nuts. I want snow, not this crap. Sounds like thousands of pellet guns shooting my house.

That ERCOT level is very concerning considering it's night time. They weren't supposed to be at this level this soon.

They went from level 2 to level 3 in a matter of minutes.

[jasons2k]

It's 21 degrees here, and I just had freezing rain falling with sleet. Unbelievable.

OMG if only it was snow! geez!

[SoupBone]

It's sleeting bad in NW Houston right now, the lights flickered a few times. This is nuts. I want snow, not this crap. Sounds like thousands of pellet guns shooting my house.

That ERCOT level is very concerning considering it's night time. They weren't supposed to be at this level this soon.

They went from level 2 to level 3 in a matter of minutes.

I just noticed that. People need to stop running every appliance they have like this is no big deal. I basically have every light off except in my living room, my thermostat at 67 and my gas fireplace has been running nonstop.

[megsy]

It's sleeting bad in NW Houston right now, the lights flickered a few times. This is nuts. I want snow, not this crap. Sounds like thousands of pellet guns shooting my house.

That ERCOT level is very concerning considering it's night time. They weren't supposed to be at this level this soon.

They went from level 2 to level 3 in a matter of minutes.

I just noticed that. People need to stop running every appliance they have like this is no big deal. I basically have every light off except in my living room, my thermostat at 67 and my gas fireplace has been running nonstop.

Same. We lost power for three hours earlier and it got very chilly in the house.

[SoupBone]

It's 19 degrees here now in NW Houston and still sleeting like crazy and even sounds like rain. This is really crap.

[Lagreeneyes03]

Starting to snow again in NE Tarrant county....radar looks to have snow for at least the next 3 hours, I've got a little over 4 inches IMBY

[TeamPlayersBlue]

The gulf low is strengthening out there. Increasing the gradient and bringing some girth to the moisture. Check out those cells headed towards Galveston.
Im kind of being dry slotted at the moment. Im in between bands currently, since the band heading into GLS is so strong. Sinking air on the west side of it

[jasons2k]

It's sleeting heavily but also raining really hard. And 21 degrees...I've never seen anything like this.

Actually all sleet now.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Also, the 850 line is just to our west, for those in Houston.

[SoupBone]

The gulf low is strengthening out there. Increasing the gradient and bringing some girth to the moisture. Check out those cells headed towards Galveston.
Im kind of being dry slotted at the moment. Im in between bands currently, since the band heading into GLS is so strong. Sinking air on the west side of it

Just trust me on this one, you don't want what we're getting in NW Houston right now. Heavy rain and sleet at 19 degrees.

I'm moving to the Equator after this.