Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[setxweatherfreak]

from nws lake charles
zip 77632

Tuesday Night: Rain and snow likely before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

[Weatherdude20]

Lol my kind of bust! Repeat?

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 0a770.html

[Tejas89]

Not to derail.. but CBS 11 in Dallas now has a mix in the DFW forecast for Friday *and* Sunday. Temps look a little warm on their graphic though.

[vbhoutex]

Snow expanding very nicely.

http://www.accuweather.com/radar-local. ... &site=KAMA

(East to West for now)

When the next wave of cold starts moving in this evening it should start heading more ESE to SE.

[Weatherdude20]

For now***

[wxman57]

sorry I meant houston, specifically Kingwood

The 12z ECMWF backed off a little, that is why i was mentioning. But the latest 18z has gone a little colder aloft for north Houston to support snow tomorrow evening. That and looking at obs north of us, makes it seem that the GFS has the right idea, and the 12z ECMWF is too warm. Enjoy your snow day to the north guys...and Austin, College Station. Maybe I can squeeze out an inch...

Doesn't it bother you that current temps/dew points across central and SE TX are so high? I think central TX will get significant accumulations but we're still at 57/42 in Houston (temp/dew pt). I'm just not sure that cold air advection will drop our surface temps enough for any significant accumulations in Houston. Might accumulate briefly on grass and cars, but as soon as the precip ends it would melt fairly quickly. Even the 18Z which has the 1" accumulation down to central Houston doesn't have temps at IAH below 35 before the precip ends. Something doesn't smell right...

[Ntxw]

Well wxman one thing is for sure, it's snowing and most likely sticking in the panhandle and south plains, one section of Texas down!

[WacoWx]

up from 3-5 earlier today:

Snow. Temperature falling to around 30 by noon. North northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

[srainhoutx]

Snow expanding very nicely.

http://www.accuweather.com/radar-local. ... &site=KAMA

(East to West for now)

When the next wave of cold starts moving in this evening it should start heading more ESE to SE.

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10

[DFW Stormwatcher]

:uarrow: Well wxman one thing is for sure, it's snowing and most likely sticking in the panhandle and south plains, one section of Texas down!

Definately sticking, check these traffic cams on I40 in amarillo.

http://amaits.dot.state.tx.us/AMA-ITS/default.htm

[wxman57]

:uarrow: Well wxman one thing is for sure, it's snowing and most likely sticking in the panhandle and south plains, one section of Texas down!

Definately sticking, check these traffic cams on I40 in amarillo.

http://amaits.dot.state.tx.us/AMA-ITS/default.htm

Amarillo is quite a ways from downtown Houston.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

:uarrow: Well wxman one thing is for sure, it's snowing and most likely sticking in the panhandle and south plains, one section of Texas down!

Definately sticking, check these traffic cams on I40 in amarillo.

http://amaits.dot.state.tx.us/AMA-ITS/default.htm

Roads look terrible already. Ouch

[Ntxw]

What are your thoughts on the possibility of a big storm early next week wxman?

[DFW Stormwatcher]

:uarrow: Well wxman one thing is for sure, it's snowing and most likely sticking in the panhandle and south plains, one section of Texas down!

Definately sticking, check these traffic cams on I40 in amarillo.

http://amaits.dot.state.tx.us/AMA-ITS/default.htm

Amarillo is quite a ways from downtown Houston.

really? I'm quite a ways from downtown Houston too, just an observation:)

[Turtle]

Strange, my NWS forecast shows little to no accumulation, yet the NWS SHV puts me in 2"-4" with isolated 5". That's like the exact opposite of my forecast. I dunno though, I feel like I might end up with .25-.50" of snow.

[Tireman4]

:uarrow: Well wxman one thing is for sure, it's snowing and most likely sticking in the panhandle and south plains, one section of Texas down!

Definately sticking, check these traffic cams on I40 in amarillo.

http://amaits.dot.state.tx.us/AMA-ITS/default.htm

Amarillo is quite a ways from downtown Houston.

Well not if you are a crow....lol....

[Ntxw]

Austin NWS is still stubborn for the city of Austin, poor Portastorm. Everyone (including places expecting precip later than Austin) have all upgraded to advisories and warnings even in S\E Texas. Travis county is still sit and wait situation lol

[msstateguy83]

been busy today with some stuff around here so have not had much time to post thoughts but looking quite impressive
out near ama also just think everyone should take note of the latest ruc run showing a good bit up to the north panhandle, nw tx region over the next 12 hrs or so so the north end of this needs to be watched closely

[Storm Tracker SA-CS]

so is the snow currently in the panhandle going to move southeast and be the snow that we receive here in cs, or is more going to form and head our way?

[hb905]

Doesnt this system look like its moving more east than southeast?