Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[utweather]

The Portastorm should be under way as the transition line has made it to Austin proper! Looks like he'll get his field goal points!

I think he is in sw Austin, Im in south Austin.. so we are missing it by "that much", lol

[txagwxman]

Back to rain in Leander....

amazing how much warmer the RUC soundings are vs the GFS soundings...

[Portastorm]

I'm sad to report no snow. I just drove from my house which is about 8 miles southwest of the downtown core area into downtown ... saw nothing but light rain. We did have a mix of sleet and rain earlier from about 6 to 7:30 off and on. That's it.

No joy in Coldrainville (so far).

[Nederlander]

Going to wait and see how this thing pans out. I am planning on driving up a couple of hours north to the woodville/lufkin area after work today around 5.. should get there between 6 and 7, but im worried that east texas is going to be in a temperature battle.. Any thoughts on snow chances for this area and if there is a shot, when will the precip likely end for east texas? i dont wanna drive two hours to see cold rain

[Rockets420]

I'm in Northwest Austin, on the border of Travis and Williamson County. Sleet/Rain transitioning to Rain/snow but very light. I hope this picks up the pace otherwise accumulation will take a LONG time.

[Ntxw]

Going to wait and see how this thing pans out. I am planning on driving up a couple of hours north to the woodville/lufkin area after work today around 5.. should get there between 6 and 7, but im worried that east texas is going to be in a temperature battle.. Any thoughts on snow chances for this area and if there is a shot, when will the precip likely end for east texas? i dont wanna drive two hours to see cold rain

Nacogdoches to Lufkin sounds good based on GFS and NAM. Though both aren't as bullish as they were with accumulations.

[msstateguy83]

as i posted quite abit earlyer about my thoughts as i whole i think the further, further s you get temps MIGHT become a serious issue and could limit snow amts we will just have to see attm i dont think it will be an issue for areas around waco now closer to austin iam not so sure and further east towards cs might have lower amts as well will just have to keep watching the trends....

[Portastorm]

I'm in Northwest Austin, on the border of Travis and Williamson County. Sleet/Rain transitioning to Rain/snow but very light. I hope this picks up the pace otherwise accumulation will take a LONG time.

Well, there are a lot of heavier returns just west of town and I hope it's moving our way. We shall see. I think the warmer-than-anticipated temps are really putting the kibosh on this whole deal.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Nederlander, im in Nacogdoches and it's now sleeting pretty good. Thought it was virga at first on the radar but its precip. This will help cool the air a plenty. Temp dropped immediately to 39F from 41F. Im off to class.

[TigerCraig]

Temps are the key--Hoping I have a chance in Baton Rouge tonight.

FOrecast is for rain/snow low of 37. But they have todays high at 58!!!

Its 40.8 right now and not budging under cloudy skies and stiff north wind.

[msstateguy83]

just checking some realtime temp stations in austin and temps have fell pretty good down to 32 at St. Paul Lutheran School
in austin...


EDIT: another station in austin AFD Dispatch reporting 33 now to so coming down from last hourly readings out of there...

[JGrin87]

PORTASTORM - i'm at 24th and leon in west campus right by UT, the sleet is coming down heavy now - it shouldn't be much different in downtown 10 blocks south of here

[utweather]

PORTASTORM - i'm at 24th and leon in west campus right by UT, the sleet is coming down heavy now - it shouldn't be much different in downtown 10 blocks south of here

Wow! That is awesome news! I'm by Bergstrom, so I'm anxiously waiting for the 12noon crossover that was forecasted:-)

[msstateguy83]

per latest radar trends things should be picking up very soon on the sw sides of austin and west of I-35 on the
western sides of austin...

[Annie Oakley]

just checking some realtime temp stations in austin and temps have fell pretty good down to 32 at St. Paul Lutheran School
in austin...


EDIT: another station in austin AFD Dispatch reporting 33 now to so coming down from last hourly readings out of there...

You are great reporter for us! Thanks.....

[Nederlander]

PORTASTORM - i'm at 24th and leon in west campus right by UT, the sleet is coming down heavy now - it shouldn't be much different in downtown 10 blocks south of here

that freeze line looks like its splitting austin in half... come on austin, cool down...

[Portastorm]

PORTASTORM - i'm at 24th and leon in west campus right by UT, the sleet is coming down heavy now - it shouldn't be much different in downtown 10 blocks south of here

I'm next to the Capitol and right now (9:03 am), light rain.

Thanks for the reports msstateguy83 ... hope you're right, amigo!

[JGrin87]

PORTASTORM - i'm at 24th and leon in west campus right by UT, the sleet is coming down heavy now - it shouldn't be much different in downtown 10 blocks south of here

Wow! That is awesome news! I'm by Bergstrom, so I'm anxiously waiting for the 12noon crossover that was forecasted:-)

looks like they were about 3 hours behind - the sleet has piled up in the corners of some of the rooftops on some of the higher apt buildings

[srainhoutx]

Radar trends are filling in S of San Antonio. Seeing some good lifting now SW of SA as the Upper Air disturbance approaches W Central TX near Sonora...

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid= ... 1&loop=yes

[WacoWx]

Where is this Low centered at this point? I'm trying to get a fix on the duration of this event here in Waco. Snow not coming down like it was and its not sticking, but the temp is ~33 so its understandable. REALLY wanting some accumulating snow here!