Texas Spring 2019

[gpsnowman]

Well it is cold out. Too bad a fresh layer of snow did not accompany this air. I am calling it now, Thanksgiving will be a snowy one to kick start a long winter of cold and snow for 2019-2020. Spring like temps later this week with mid 70's Friday before a minor cool down.

[CaptinCrunch]

19 on the weather station this morning. Opened the door to let the dog out, he had a rude awakening after sleeping in his warm bed...lol

[Ntxw]

1.1C this week for the Nino. Double dip event?

[TeamPlayersBlue]

1.1C this week for the Nino. Double dip event?

Ill take it, this season was the weakest nino ever. Should look up official stats before i throw out stats, but Nino summers arent bad generally.

Also, some light returns are popping up in SE Texas.

[Ralph's Weather]

ANother morning at 23 degrees. That is tied for the lowest of the season which I have hit 5 or so times this winter. Tonight should finally break down the 23 degree wall at my place. I expect upper teens tomorrow morning, but that will feel balmy vs the biting wind chills this morning.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Rain mixed with a little sleet here in Missouri City. Yay.

[Rgv20]

March 4 and it is 38 with drizzle in Edinburg....


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
924 AM CST Mon Mar 4 2019

...Unpleasantly Cold Today Through Tonight...

.Light precipitation, moderate to breezy winds, and cold
temperatures will all combine to produce unpleasantly cold weather
today until a couple of hours after sunrise Tuesday morning.

TXZ252>257-353-050000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WC.Y.0001.190304T1524Z-190305T1500Z/
Starr-Southern Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-
Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Northern Hidalgo-
Including the cities of Rio Grande City, Roma, McAllen, Edinburg,
Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen,
Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights,
Laguna Vista, and San Manuel
924 AM CST Mon Mar 4 2019

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Expect wind chills to
range from 27 to 30 degrees.

* WHERE...Portions of Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley,
specifically Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy Counties.

* WHEN...Now to 9 AM Tuesday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...For maximum warmth, be sure to dress in
layers of clothing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will
combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can
occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and
gloves.

&&

$$

TOMASELLI

[JGrin87]

saw some light snow mixing in with a little rain in downtown houston around 915 a.m. this morning...

[wxman57]

saw some light snow mixing in with a little rain in downtown houston around 915 a.m. this morning...

I haven't seen anything at my office near Hobby. Did you see actual snowflakes or perhaps tiny snow grains with an indistinguishable shape? HRRR sounding indicates a sub-freezing layer between about 500ft and 3000ft where the precip is forming. Definitely feels like the coldest air of the winter. I think I'll skip biking today. We may not even see a high above 40!

P.S. Note that my entire observation took less than 30 seconds before I ran back inside to warm up. Can't see outside from my desk.

[JGrin87]

Although not 100% certain on the distinction, I would tend to describe what i saw as snow grains, rather than snow flakes.

Also, wxman57, that means the HRRR confirms the sounding over Houston can produce snow, correct?

[wxman57]

Although not 100% certain on the distinction, I would tend to describe what i saw as snow grains, rather than snow flakes.

Also, wxman57, that means the HRRR confirms the sounding over Houston can produce snow, correct?

I'm not sure what kind of snowflake could form in the lower 2000 ft where the temperature is sub-freezing. In the sounding below, there's a cloud deck in above-freezing air 8000-9000 ft up. Too thin for precip, probably. However, there's a saturated area between a few hundred feet up and maybe 3000 ft up where the precip would be forming in sub-freezing air. This could form snow grains, which differ from snow pellets (partly melted snowflakes). Snow grains can form in shallow stratus clouds, as we have here in Houston. They're typically small and somewhat flat, lacking the detailed structure of a typical snowflake.

Well, once again, Houston gets the snow and the D-FW area gets nothing!

[Brent]

Once again the snow is elsewhere

I say good riddance to winter after this cold snap

Next winter has to be better, right???

[Cerlin]

Once again the snow is elsewhere

I say good riddance to winter after this cold snap

Next winter has to be better, right???

That’s what we said last winter.

[wxman57]

We're getting tired of all this snow in Houston this winter...

[gboudx]

Once again the snow is elsewhere

I say good riddance to winter after this cold snap

Next winter has to be better, right???

It depends on if expectations change.

[bubba hotep]

DFW is down to 28F, record is 20F?? Record low high for tomorrow is 35F. Can we break the record low and record low high?

No record low but FWD has updated the forecast and now has a high of 31F at DFW. That would be a record low high. Also, the 1st sub freezing high at DFW this winter season?

[Brent]

Once again the snow is elsewhere

I say good riddance to winter after this cold snap

Next winter has to be better, right???

It depends on if expectations change.

Well when its now 4 years without more than a dusting of snow...

[gpsnowman]

DFW is down to 28F, record is 20F?? Record low high for tomorrow is 35F. Can we break the record low and record low high?

No record low but FWD has updated the forecast and now has a high of 31F at DFW. That would be a record low high. Also, the 1st sub freezing high at DFW this winter season?

It would be the first. Only 4 days with highs officially in the 30's I believe. Not many. I wonder what the reocrd low is for tomorrow? If skies clear overnight with calm winds, teens could be area wide in the morning.

[CaptinCrunch]

NWS FTW *UPDATE*

These clouds should begin to break mid to late afternoon
for most of the region, but too late for good insolation. As a
result did bump high temps down a bit as cold advection will
continue through the day and mitigate the normal daytime heating
effects. The record lows held at both DFW and Waco this morning,
but record low maximum temperatures of 35 and 38, respectively,
look in danger.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Temp today sitting around 24 with the sun peaking out. Windchill in the low teens.