Texas Winter 2013-2014

[SaskatchewanScreamer]

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30 miles SW of Richardson, TX.

[Portastorm]

Meanwhile, anyone see the 12z Euro op run? .... hee, hee ... we may get to do this all over again next weekend!

The PWC promised you a better winter than 12-13 and we delivered!!

[Texas Snowman]

Could be, that is very heavy. But radar is starting to pop again in places. And sat photo shows higher cloud tops just to the west of DFW. Still lift to come through.

[Texas Snowman]

Meanwhile, anyone see the 12z Euro op run? .... hee, hee ... we may get to do this all over again next weekend!

The PWC promised you a better winter than 12-13 and we delivered!!

Here, here! Three cheers to our fearless leader at PWC headquarters!!!

[Ntxw]

Its the winter gods way of rewarding to punishing the naughty from the nice. PWC believers get thundersleet, heat miser converts get dry cold!

[Wntrwthrguy]

Meanwhile, anyone see the 12z Euro op run? .... hee, hee ... we may get to do this all over again next weekend!

The PWC promised you a better winter than 12-13 and we delivered!!

How about an early March snowstorm surprise in Austin to cap off the winter?

[ndale]

Temp dropped to 32 and still some light drizzle.

[TrekkerCC]

for those doubting.. latest rap buries the metroplex (esp eastplex) with 3-4"+ per hour sleet rates, in about 1-2 hours.

I think the RAP is very wrong. Maybe in Tyler, not in DFW.

agree

Well, coverage is not going to be like the December 2013 where everyone got a good amount (the "precipitation shield"), this precipitation is more convective in nature so if you get under a sleet band, you'll get a lot quickly - which I did here, if you don't, you aren't going to get as much. Lift definitely seems to be increasing a bit, so people including the Dallas proper should get some, but it looks like Ft Worth and north of DFW proper are seeming to get a lot more (since they were under the convective thundersleet showers and under them now)

[katheria]

Meanwhile, anyone see the 12z Euro op run? .... hee, hee ... we may get to do this all over again next weekend!

The PWC promised you a better winter than 12-13 and we delivered!!

yes u did and we got it though id rather had snow instead of ice

now its time for spring portastorm, im ready to plant my garden and with this stuff i might as well forget it and not have a garden this year.


im gonna build this across the Canadian border LOL

[dhweather]

I think precip is largely over for DFW, just a few stray areas of light freezing rain / sleet. Tyler and eastward will enjoy some wintry precip.

[aggiecutter]

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
357 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

ARZ050-051-059-070-TXZ097-109>112-124>126-136>138-030600-
/O.UPG.KSHV.WW.Y.0008.140303T0000Z-140303T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KSHV.WS.W.0002.140302T2157Z-140303T0600Z/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-BOWIE-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-
WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...
TEXARKANA...MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...
QUITMAN...GILMER...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL
357 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY...WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* EVENT...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON....PRODUCING RAPIDLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES. RAIN HAS
ALREADY BEGUN TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO FALL TO THE FREEZING POINT
DURING THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...AND ONGOING RAINFALL HAS
BEGUN TO CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACT...EXPECT SOME SLUSH TO DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING ON AREA
ROADS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ACCUMULATE ICE AND SLEET
FIRST...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING. LATE
TONIGHT AFTER THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
WILL RE-FREEZE ANY SLUSH OR WATER ON THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH... COMBINED WITH
RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS
INTO TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT.

[Texas Snowman]

Snowing pretty good now in Denison. Good sized flakes.

[PineyWoods]

Thundersleet here in Tyler with a temp of 29°
Lightening like crazy

[high_lander]

Sleeting like crazy here in Paloma Creek.

[Texas Snowman]

19 now in Denison.

[cycloneye]

The Weather Channel ‏@weatherchannel · 20 s
4pm CST official observations: #Thundersnow and/or #thunderice in Athens, Tyler, Mineola/Quitman, Gilmer and Greenville TX

[iorange55]

Getting a little nasty out there. Sidewalks are icing up a bit.

[ravyrn]

Before I head off to study for a couple of quizzes I thought I would pass along another "first" for me since I have been here in north Texas.

Typically, in order to get snowflakes to form, temperatures in the clouds above must reach about 14 °F or colder. Now, the temperatures between 2,000 and 5,000 feet above DFW right now are still running in the lower 50s. This means any snowflakes passing through this layer would melt and then refreeze as they fall into the cold temperatures near the ground. This is why we have been seeing sleet. Sleet is essentially melted snowflakes that refreeze before hitting the ground. OK..no surprise there. This is why I painted the orange on my forecast maps from last night.

But here's the kicker: Temperatures have reached 14 °F in the clouds BELOW 2,000 feet. Snow crystals are actually forming BELOW the warm air layer aloft and immediately falling out of the clouds. Since they do not have to pass through the melting layer above them, they are cheating and are able to make it to the ground.

I have never - and the word is NEVER - seen this happen before in north Texas (Michigan, yes; Texas, no) - and it has to be exceedingly rare for the month of March!

[orangeblood]

Driveways and secondary roadways beginning to ice up in Fort Worth, be very careful if anyone gets out on the roads tonight

[gboudx]

I think precip is largely over for DFW, just a few stray areas of light freezing rain / sleet. Tyler and eastward will enjoy some wintry precip.

I just want 1 rumble of this infamous thundersleet we've read so much about today on this forum. I suspect you're experience is much like mine with very little sleet on the ground. When the precip total graphics come out tomorrow or next day, it'll show our area as one of those that didn't get much.