Texas Fall-2014

[Texas Snowman]

Wowza!

NEVER thought I'd live to see the day that our beloved Wxman57 would be talking like that!

[TheProfessor]

getting some nice sized flakes falling right now, the band seemed to blow up where that heavier precip fell earlier today, there are a couple of small bands still out west, I wonder if the same may happen to them?

[TXsnow]

I am a long time lurker who saw the plea for funding and decided to "come out of the shadows" and pay for some of the enjoyment I've received over the years from this blog. I have learned so much reading here. I definitely won't be offering any weather tips but I may occasionally post a picture or temperature reading from southern Grayson county if that will help. Again, thank you for all everyone contributes to those of us amateur weather lovers!

[wxman57]

The dry (and veer cold) air is moving into San Antonio and Austin NE to DFW now. Precip is ending for those areas.

[Texas Snowman]

To put this into perspective, Fort Worth NWS just put this out:


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
905 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...NOVEMBER SNOWFALL IN HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE...

SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1898...THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 7 NOVEMBERS WITH
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH. HOWEVER...TRACE AMOUNTS OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAVE OCCURRED MANY TIMES. (A TRACE OF SNOWFALL
MEANS THAT FROZEN PRECIPITATION MELTED AS IT FELL OR WAS OTHERWISE
TOO SCANT TO MEASURE.)

IN 117 YEARS OF RECORDS...THERE HAVE BEEN 26 SEASONS WITH WINTRY
PRECIPITATION BEFORE THANKSGIVING...INCLUDING 2014.

THE SLEET LAST WEEK ON NOVEMBER 13 WAS THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN A SEASON SINCE A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED
ON OCTOBER 29, 1993.

THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN NOVEMBER WAS
THANKSGIVING 1993 (0.3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW).

OTHER EARLY-SEASON SNOWFALL STATS:

EARLIEST SNOWFALL - OCTOBER 28, 1925
EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL - NOVEMBER 2, 1951
EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF AT LEAST 1 INCH OF SNOW IN 24 HOURS -
4.8 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 13-14, 1976
GREATEST 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL IN NOVEMBER -
5.0 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 22, 1937

$$

[Ntxw]

I am a long time lurker who saw the plea for funding and decided to "come out of the shadows" and pay for some of the enjoyment I've received over the years from this blog. I have learned so much reading here. I definitely won't be offering any weather tips but I may occasionally post a picture or temperature reading from southern Grayson county if that will help. Again, thank you for all everyone contributes to those of us amateur weather lovers!

Welcome aboard! Glad you decided to dive in with us, no post is too big or too small by any poster . You picked a great winter season to join, we'll have lots to discuss about in the coming months!

[Ntxw]

For our resident heat miser, let the games begin

http://i62.tinypic.com/254zz1c.jpg

I'm pulling for the cold wx. I can still win our first freeze contest if it freezes at IAH tonight on tomorrow night. Pretty good chance of that. After that, I'll take my mid 90s again. Unfortunately, I'm thinking that the winter of 1976-1977 is a good analog for this winter. Extremely cold one east of the rockies. Mississippi River froze down to St. Louis and New Orleans reported ice in the river. Snowed in Miami that winter...

I say you keep your avatar this winter . If you can't beat em join em right?

[TXsnow]

Thank you.... I am excited about this coming winter and truly hope it proves to be much like the winter of '76.

[Ntxw]

Tonight counts as today's freeze (it was not freezing this morning) which makes it the 4th freeze at DFW, 5th freeze coming tomorrow morning (technically a few hours) which ties 2013's 5 freezes last year. Tuesday morning will be the 6th. Average first freeze is November 22nd

[gboudx]

I can confirm snow is flying here in Rockwall.

[Ralph's Weather]

Looks like we were right in thinking that the snow would make it through North Texas and into East Texas. Accumulating snow in November is awesome. Hoping for more around Thanksgiving.

[weatherdude1108]

It is cold. I swear it is not November.

Cold, wet afternoon up here in the Red River Valley.

Feels like mid-January.

I stepped outside with the dog around 9:45pm tonight.

I felt like I should go skiing!

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Yeah the wind is kicking out there here in Sugar Land. Not doing that in a T-Shirt again lol.

[Ralph's Weather]

Looks like the heaviest of this band is between I20 and I30 which is perfect for me. Less than an hour before my first flakes of the year, it better not die off.

[Brent]

My contribution, first snow in Texas!

[Ntxw]

My contribution, first snow in Texas!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9c4c4fb1dd

Great pic! You got a solid dusting it seems. Lets see if we can get you some more

[ravyrn]

For our resident heat miser, let the games begin

Well played, sir! Here's my old photo from two winters past, from the same snowfall you also made a message out of for our resident heatmiser on your car's window.

[Ralph's Weather]

Have gotten some light snow so far, more to come though. Hoping for at least a .1". It is nice to see my forecast of the past 11 days verify, it was a close call and the models sure planted some doubts. I doubt this is the only one we get this season with how we are set up. I am love seeing the 1976/77 analogs.

[ravyrn]

I am a long time lurker who saw the plea for funding and decided to "come out of the shadows" and pay for some of the enjoyment I've received over the years from this blog. I have learned so much reading here. I definitely won't be offering any weather tips but I may occasionally post a picture or temperature reading from southern Grayson county if that will help. Again, thank you for all everyone contributes to those of us amateur weather lovers!

Thanks for coming out of the shadows, and welcome to storm2k!

[ravyrn]

Any chance the southern edge of the precip hits the north Austin area?

No, not really. The evening forecast discussion out of EWX speaks to the possibility and it is very remote at best. Don't worry Wntrwthrguy, I'm confident we'll have a few opportunities of our own coming this winter.

As a dedicated supporter of the PWC.... *Spidey Senses Tingling*