Texas Winter 2013-2014

[Tireman4]

I remember it well, my friend. Remember it well.

Heat Miser probably thinks this is the WORST. WINTER. EVER.

Au contraire, I am loving every minute of this winter. That is, with the exception of those days with highs above 60 degrees.

Oh just wait Porta. Just wait. Wait until August when it is 100 and going for the 4 day in a row. He will be so crowing and rubbing it in.

[katheria]

im seriously thinking about calling for help for wxman57.......something has got to be wrong....... has he lost his mind??????

[Tireman4]

As if this could be get worse for Wxman 57 and his winter of discontent....from the HGX NWS...they just hoisted a Winter Weather Advisory...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
926 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT AFTER 11 PM...

.A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE REGION BEGINNING
AROUND 11 PM NEAR EDNA AND EXPANDING NORTH AND NORTHEAST THROUGH
THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER A COLD EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES AT
BELOW FREEZING AN AREA OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE AREA...AND SHOULD LEAD TO LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND
ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 9
AND NOON WITH AREAS TO THE NORTH BEING THE LAST TO RISE ABOVE
FREEZING. THE QUANTITY OF ACCUMULATIONS IS STILL IN QUESTION BUT
SOME ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-235-032330-
/O.NEW.KHGX.WW.Y.0004.140304T0500Z-140304T1800Z/
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-
JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-
WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...
BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...
COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN...CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...
EDNA...EL CAMPO...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...HUMBLE...
HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE SOMERVILLE...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...
MADISONVILLE...MISSOURI CITY...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PASADENA...
PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...
SUGAR LAND...THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...
WHARTON...WILLIS
926 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY.

* EVENT...A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL SET THE STAGE FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE REGION
BEGINNING AROUND 11 PM NEAR EDNA AND EXPANDING NORTH AND
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER A COLD EVENING
WITH TEMPERATURES AT BELOW FREEZING AN AREA OF LIGHT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE
AREA...AND SHOULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET. ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES
WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE
ABOVE FREEZING TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 9 AND NOON WITH AREAS TO
THE NORTH BEING THE LAST TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THE QUANTITY OF
ACCUMULATIONS IS STILL IN QUESTION BUT SOME ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

&&

$$

[TheProfessor]

Even with all that winter fun yesterday, I only managed to receive .15 inches of liquid precip. I love winter weather as much as anyone on here, but right now I'd rather have a super cell stall right on top of me or a squall line train over me. We really need the rain.

[weatherdude1108]

im seriously thinking about calling for help for wxman57.......something has got to be wrong....... has he lost his mind??????

I guess it's true when they say The Nile is really not just a river in Egypt.

Poor wxman57. Good sport!

[davidiowx]

Things are going to get really interesting tonight around here. Especially with the QPFs showing what they are showing.

[wxman57]

Hmm, what if summer never returned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Note that one of the causes was historically low solar activity (something we're currently observing). My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

[katheria]

Hmm, what if summer never returned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Note that one of the causes was historically low solar activity (something we're currently observing). My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

no thank you...................

very very interesting read thou

[srainhoutx]

Update from Jeff:

NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for areas along an north of US 59 starting at 1100pm tonight for accumulations of freezing rain and sleet.

Bitter cold arctic air mass is entrenching over the region and light to moderate rainfall is expected to begin to develop after 1100pm along US 59 and overspread the region overnight. Freezing rain and ice accumulations of .03 to .10 of an inch are possible in the advisory area along and north of US 59 making travel potentially extremely dangerous on Tuesday morning….including the NW ½ of Harris County.

Air temperatures in the low to mid 20’s have cooled roadway surfaces to near/below freezing (US 290 at SH 6) is currently reporting a roadway temperature of 25.6 degrees. While there will be some recovery today with the high March sun angle…think roadway surfaces will cool quickly to freezing this evening.

There is still some uncertainty on exactly where the freezing line ends up tonight…but it is looking increasingly likely that some degree of ice accumulation is possible over portions of the area including the western and northern parts of Harris County Tuesday morning.

[Ntxw]

Hmm, what if summer never returned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Note that one of the causes was historically low solar activity (something we're currently observing). My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

We will find out in a few years, the first low minimum was during the 2008-2010 frame and was as low as 1890s-1900s. I notice the past year we have challenged some chill records (even if we didnt achieve them they were threatened) from the early 1900s. Solar max is occuring right now and is the lowest for a max since who knows when. Next min will be 2018-2020, could approach dalton or maunder mins. Now we just need toba to go off.

[Tireman4]

Hmm, what if summer never returned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Note that one of the causes was historically low solar activity (something we're currently observing). My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

Very historic in the annals of history. Part of the cause of the Panic of 1819 ( back when we (the US) was hugely agricultural. Had an affect on the real estate market as well. So yeah, historic that was...

[BigB0882]

I have a feeling a "summer that never was" would still have 90s for highs in Texas. lol We would probably just be lucky to escape the triple digits.

[wxman57]

Hmm, what if summer never returned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Note that one of the causes was historically low solar activity (something we're currently observing). My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

We will find out in a few years, the first low minimum was during the 2008-2010 frame and was as low as 1890s-1900s. I notice the past year we have challenged some chill records (even if we didnt achieve them they were threatened) from the early 1900s. Solar max is occurring right now and is the lowest for a max since who knows when. Next min will be 2018-2020, could approach dalton or maunder mins. Now we just need toba to go off.

...or Yellowstone. The Yellowstone supervolcano tends to erupt every 600,000 years. Its last eruption was 640,000 years ago, so it is quite "due". It could be argued that the bad (death, destruction, worldwide famine) would outweigh the good (nice cool summers):

http://www.rense.com/general31/overdue.htm

[Texas Snowman]

I remember it well, my friend. Remember it well.

Heat Miser probably thinks this is the WORST. WINTER. EVER.

Au contraire, I am loving every minute of this winter. That is, with the exception of those days with highs above 60 degrees.

I laughed out loud on that one!!!

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Things are going to get really interesting tonight around here. Especially with the QPFs showing what they are showing.

The SREF had an average of .50 qpf but NWS is expecting .03 to .10?

Correction .63 for HOU

[Ralph's Weather]

Currently seeing perfect little flakes. This is sure not your normal E TX winter event.

[WeatherGuesser]

I'd rather have a super cell stall right on top of me or a squall line train over me. We really need the rain.

No, you don't want that. You want a good, long, gentle, soaking rain over a few days.

[Kelarie]

Hmm, what if summer never returned?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Note that one of the causes was historically low solar activity (something we're currently observing). My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

Your coworker is right. I have the same thought. We are currently in a "hot" house world going into a "cold" house world. Right before ice ages, the Earth heats up, unpredictable weather. We have seen evidence of this in the geologic record. Won't be a flash freeze like several movies have shown, but a gradual cooling.

[Tireman4]

I have a feeling a "summer that never was" would still have 90s for highs in Texas. lol We would probably just be lucky to escape the triple digits.

Well, Texas ( Not Louisiana) was a part of Mexico and "just" starting to be settled by folks. ( No disrespect to those already here..) I am sure, somewhere, folks keep records of weather....

[WeatherGuesser]

My coworker thinks we may be heading for a mini ice age.

I've seen discussion of that in quite a few places.

...or Yellowstone. The Yellowstone supervolcano tends to erupt every 600,000 years. Its last eruption was 640,000 years ago, so it is quite "due". It could be argued that the bad (death, destruction, worldwide famine) ....

From what I've seen, when Yellowstone goes, Texas won't have to worry about much of anything for a very long time.