Texas Winter 2014-2015

[Texas Snowman]

This was THREE HOURS ago on Hwy. 75 to the south of Sherman/Denison.

[weatherdude1108]

Freezing drizzle time.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
332 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA...

.LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS DEVELOPING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND
IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT TO INCLUDE THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
COMSTOCK TO MEDINA TO HELOTES TO AUSTIN LINE.

TXZ171>173-183>192-205-206-280600-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0005.150227T2132Z-150228T1600Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BEXAR-COMAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO...
NEW BRAUNFELS
332 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...
HILL COUNTRY...AND CENTRAL TEXAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LEADING
TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH...MAINLY ON
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS AND OTHER ELEVATED
SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

[TheProfessor]

That heavier band continues to back build southwestward in Wise County.

[wxman57]

Okay then.

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis ... _us_28.png

While I'd be shocked if that verified, the trend is the friend idea is the main thing. It does appear that another front and potential winter storm system will affect the state later next week. Maybe, just maybe, we can get Portastorm and friends in ATX in the action this time!

What about us in H-Town?

How about some upper 30s and rain?

[Ntxw]

This storm is busting...high end. Anyway this is easily the best snowstorm for DFW since Superbowl 2011. Some pictures from my stroll.

[orangeblood]

Moderate Snow, 1/2 mile vis, 26 F Wind Chill 16 F @ 3pm on the afternoon of Feb. 27th with snow packed roads and 3 inches of snow on the ground!! Extremely impressive snow storm for this time of year!

[TheProfessor]

Highs seem to have busted today too, when I woke up the high was supposed to be 30, we never got above 26 and it's 24 tonight too. the high tomorrow is dropping too, it's now at 34.

[orangeblood]

Snowing at a pretty good clip here again. If this keeps up a little while longer, we'll end up with around 3-inches.

But curiously enough, the road in front of my house is still just basically wet (75% wet, 25% snow).

I expect things to get pretty slippery however when the sun descends.

Sun will do wonders, color of Pavement and Angle of the street are big factors this time of year...you'll even see it up in the Rockies

[weatherdude1108]

EWX barely mentions next week's storm. Sleet and snow in the Hill Country and along the escarpment.

FXUS64 KEWX 272137
AFDEWX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
337 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...
WARM ADVECTION PATTERN IS UNDERWAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH
PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE FORMING. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED
BELOW FREEZING IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AREAS
WITH SOME REPORTS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. HAVE ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE HILL COUNTRY TO HIGHER ELEVATION
AREAS JUST WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY. MINOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH MAINLY ON LESS TRAVELED
ROADS...ELEVATED STRUCTURES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MAIN IMPACTS
WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMSTOCK TO MEDINA TO HELOTES TO
AUSTIN LINE. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE ABOVE THE COLD DOME AT THE
SURFACE WHICH IN TURN WILL WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING AS RAIN BRINGS
DOWN THE WARMER AIR FROM ALOFT WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO
ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HAVE LOWERED
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY AS THE COLD DOME IS STUBBORN TO ERODE.
ALTHOUGH...SOME EROSION IS POSSIBLE FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT. WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL CONTINUE
THE RAIN CHANCES SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...
COLD DOME FINALLY LOOKS TO ERODE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ALTHOUGH...THE
NAM/GEM MAINTAIN IT WHILE THE ECMWF LIFTS IT NORTH AND THEN BRINGS
IT BACK LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY...FINALLY MOVING IT BACK
NORTH LATE MONDAY. HAVE COOLED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE FOR SUNDAY.
HOWEVER...IF THE NAM/GEM VERIFY...THEN TEMPERATURES WOULD BE A BIT
COOLER FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT
CONTINUE THE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN CHANCES. ALL MODELS FINALLY LIFT
THE COLD AIR NORTH BY TUESDAY WHICH WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF
THIS FORECAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS/MIDWEST FORCES
ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS OUR AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AS GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND SOME INSTABILITY IS NOTED ON
FORECAST SOUNDINGS. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE REACHED AROUND
MIDDAY AND THEN STRONG COLD ADVECTION MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW PRECIPITATION TYPE TRANSITIONING TO
SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO ALONG THE ESCARPMENT
AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HAVE INTRODUCED THIS MENTION TO THE
FORECAST. THE TROUGH MOVES EAST ON THURSDAY ENDING THE
PRECIPITATION. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

[Ntxw]

Snowing at a pretty good clip here again. If this keeps up a little while longer, we'll end up with around 3-inches.

But curiously enough, the road in front of my house is still just basically wet (75% wet, 25% snow).

I expect things to get pretty slippery however when the sun descends.

Sun will do wonders, color of Pavement and Angle of the street are big factors this time of year...you'll even see it up in the Rockies

Yeah solar insolation will do that. If this occurred overnight it would look a lot worse. Earlier this morning it stuck to the roads pretty quick but as the day went on the sun did the job.

[Texas Snowman]

Highs seem to have busted today too, when I woke up the high was supposed to be 30, we never got above 26 and it's 24 tonight too. the high tomorrow is dropping too, it's now at 34.

Yeah, I wondered about that. If the temps stay down because of the fresh snow on the ground, could keep the icing potential going a bit longer tomorrow. Even with the busted snowstorm forecast idea of the other night (for most of us, anyway) this has been a remarkably impressive week of winter weather. Right up there with the Super Bowl week a few years ago and the week of the December 2013 sleet storm.

[Tireman4]

[
While I'd be shocked if that verified, the trend is the friend idea is the main thing. It does appear that another front and potential winter storm system will affect the state later next week. Maybe, just maybe, we can get Portastorm and friends in ATX in the action this time![/quote]

What about us in H-Town? [/quote]

How about some upper 30s and rain?[/quote]


How about low 30's and snow!!!

[Texas Snowman]

Snowing at a pretty good clip here again. If this keeps up a little while longer, we'll end up with around 3-inches.

But curiously enough, the road in front of my house is still just basically wet (75% wet, 25% snow).

I expect things to get pretty slippery however when the sun descends.

Sun will do wonders, color of Pavement and Angle of the street are big factors this time of year...you'll even see it up in the Rockies

Yeah, I'm always amazed when I get to go skiing in the Rockies about how those south facing slopes can be devoid of snow while the north facing slopes are buried. Even if the temperature is very, very, very cold by our standards.

[Ntxw]

BTW euro is 1-3" midweek. Dallas is the new Boston.

[SouthernMet]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
332 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA...

.LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS DEVELOPING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND
IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT TO INCLUDE THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
COMSTOCK TO MEDINA TO HELOTES TO AUSTIN LINE.

TXZ171>173-183>192-205-206-280600-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WW.Y.0005.150227T2132Z-150228T1600Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BEXAR-COMAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO...
NEW BRAUNFELS
332 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...
HILL COUNTRY...AND CENTRAL TEXAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LEADING
TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH...MAINLY ON
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS AND OTHER ELEVATED
SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

[iorange55]

BTW euro is 1-3" midweek. Dallas is the new Boston.

Except someone in Boston wouldn't be using an old, broken-down spatula to clean off their windshield, which is exactly what I was doing this morning.

[Wthrlvrmom]

Highs seem to have busted today too, when I woke up the high was supposed to be 30, we never got above 26 and it's 24 tonight too. the high tomorrow is dropping too, it's now at 34.

I noticed the high tomorrow dropped in my area as well.

[Ntxw]

BTW euro is 1-3" midweek. Dallas is the new Boston.

Except someone in Boston wouldn't be using an old, broken-down spatula to clean off their windshield, which is exactly what I was doing this morning.

I just used a broomstick, it was a fairly light cotton, pretty easy to blow over

[SouthernMet]

light freezing rain accumulations reported in new braunfels & kerrville

[Texas Snowman]

Been snowing hard again for the last 15 to 30 minutes. We're over 3-inches now, snow just keeps on going and going. Dogs went out an hour or two ago, romped around in the backyard and all of their tracks are now basically covered again.