TX Winter Wx Threat # 8--- TX Ice Storm

TexasSam · #61 Postby **TexasSam** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:31 pm

Welcome Back! ( I guess that's all we should say about that here)
35.6 in Baytown, and very windy. I have all the food I need for 2 days.

#62 Postby **jasons2k** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:35 pm

Yeah! We're back!! Sitting at 33-34F. Area dewpoints in the 26F range so I expect the temp to drop below freezing when it starts raining.

double D · #63 Postby **double D** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:35 pm

TexasSam wrote:Welcome Back! ( I guess that's all we should say about that here)
35.6 in Baytown, and very windy. I have all the food I need for 2 days.

Glad to be back as the weather continues to look very interesting tomorrow. Out here in the hill country, we are expecting a couple of inches of snow...that is much better than ice. I hope I really get to see the white stuff!

ROCK · #64 Postby **ROCK** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:36 pm

jschlitz wrote:Yeah! We're back!! Sitting at 33-34F. Area dewpoints in the 26F range so I expect the temp to drop below freezing when it starts raining.

Man, I was having withdraws..... :lol:

classic example is Brenham....was hoving around the 32 f mark most of the night. Frz rain and sleet drove the temps down to 27f....

#65 Postby **Kludge** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:38 pm

ROCK wrote:
jschlitz wrote:Yeah! We're back!! Sitting at 33-34F. Area dewpoints in the 26F range so I expect the temp to drop below freezing when it starts raining.

Man, I was having withdraws.....

classic example is Brenham....was hoving around the 32 f mark most of the night. Frz rain and sleet drove the temps down to 27f....

My Conroe location's holding at 34. Bring it on.

TexHorn06 · #66 Postby **TexHorn06** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:40 pm

I just found this forum last night and I'm absolutely engulfed in this whole situation. As an engineering student at UT, I'm directly seeing the effects of the psychrometrics and the air levels/altitudes. Thanks to all of yall for the information.

I wonder how things are going to end up after tonight, apparently there's a good bit of precipitation moving over the Austin metro area from Mexico over the course of the night. How bad do yall think it's going to get for us here in the UT metro area, especially with the temps expected to dip into the high/mid 20's tonight?

Johnny · #67 Postby **Johnny** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:46 pm

Alright...back in action. Frank Billingsley just came on the air saying that a viewer called up near Lake Conroe reporting ice on cars. I'm just south of Lake Conroe Dam and nothing yet. I'm wabbling between 32.5 and 32.7 degrees.

#68 Postby **jasons2k** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:49 pm

Johnny wrote:Alright...back in action. Frank Billingsley just came on the air saying that a viewer called up near Lake Conroe reporting ice on cars. I'm just south of Lake Conroe Dam and nothing yet. I'm wabbling between 32.5 and 32.7 degrees.

Yeah, I'm showing 31F on the west shore of the lake...34F on the east shore.

ROCK · #69 Postby **ROCK** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:50 pm

Johnny wrote:Alright...back in action. Frank Billingsley just came on the air saying that a viewer called up near Lake Conroe reporting ice on cars. I'm just south of Lake Conroe Dam and nothing yet. I'm wabbling between 32.5 and 32.7 degrees.

I can believe it. You guys are real close to that precip line....

#70 Postby **Portastorm** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:06 am

Now what fun is it having winter weather and no one to share it with???!!!

So glad S2K is back online ... whoo-hoo!

OK, Austin .... sleet and freezing rain continues. Most bridges and overpasses in the metro area and especially north and west are iced and dangerous. Some roads becoming icy. Precip continues and temperatures are below freezing.

Ptarmigan · #71 Postby **Ptarmigan** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:01 am

BRRRR!!!!!! It's cold where I am. I expect icestorm by 2:00 AM.

JQ Public · #72 Postby **JQ Public** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:05 am

Wow you guys are sure lucky! As long as it doesn't get too serious...this will be one y'all will remember for a long time

Look at these potential snow model maps I saw on another forum!

Good luck and enjoy

Dr. Jonah Rainwater · #73 Postby **Dr. Jonah Rainwater** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:11 am

Is that the "20% chance rain/snow" I see currently forecast for my area Thursday?

#74 Postby **hriverajr** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:16 am

JQ Public wrote:Wow you guys are sure lucky! As long as it doesn't get too serious...this will be one y'all will remember for a long time

Look at these potential snow model maps I saw on another forum!

Good luck and enjoy

I am in Del Rio, If that was to verify I would be in heaven. I think. Still waiting for stuff to fall out of the sky here.

Hector

Yankeegirl · #75 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:27 am

Well here on the west side of Houston I am hovering at 34.5 out and that has been steady for the last few hours... though it has dropped from 34.9 to 34.5.. the most it has dropped in the last few hours!!!

TexHorn06 · #76 Postby **TexHorn06** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:30 am

hrivera, we're expecting some snow here in Austin with little to no accumulation here in Austin per local forecasts. This classifies as some of the coldest weather I've seen since I've been in the Austin area the last ten years. I'm just hoping the ice doesn't accumulate as it possibly could. I'm in the University of Texas campus area and it's well below freezing and have some rain right now, however the streets have not quite iced over. I know that the overpasses are about to, if not already, freeze over.

The city will be for sure shut down for all intensive purposes tomorrow, I just wonder how bad it's going to get for us here in the metro area. Any of yall out there have an idea on what scenarios to expect, especially with this precipitation coming in from Mexico over the course of the night? Thanks.

Yankeegirl · #77 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:30 am

Also here is a link for things that are being cancelled tomorrow... its easy to navigate as well...

http://kilt.com/pages/184471.php

Stratosphere747 · #78 Postby **Stratosphere747** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:44 am

Houston ISD and some of the area schools will have a tough decision in the morning as the nasty part of the day may not happen until after lunch..

Also as noted the Big Bend area may see a decent snowstorm...

...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA AND STOCKTON PLATEAUS...THE TRANS
PECOS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL NOON
ON WEDNESDAY FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND OTHER
WINTER WEATHER...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR UPTON... CRANE...
REAGAN... AND WARD COUNTIES FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE
EAST TOWARD WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. IN
ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM... GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO
WEST TEXAS AND RIDE UP AND OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN
PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL START LATE TONIGHT OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTH ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND EAST ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS.
INITIALLY...FREEZING RAIN WITH A FEW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THEN
TRANSITIONING INTO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN JUST
AFTER SUNSET. AROUND MIDNIGHT...THE COLD AIR WILL HAVE DEEPENED
ENOUGH SO THAT ALL PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW.

AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF A PRESIDIO TO MARFA LINE...AND SOUTH
OF A MARFA TO SHEFFIELD LINE. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS
OVER 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND
NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND AWAY FROM
THE AREA.

TexHorn06 · #79 Postby **TexHorn06** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:51 am

Anyone have any ideas on what to really expect in regards to the Austin area, some stations are treating it as severe, others just seem to be wanting to hype it without much true information other than "ice, ice, maybe snow, ice" My main concern is that I live in an older complex where our transformer(s)/ power lines are potentially dangered by tree limbs and I'm very concerned as to what scenarios of ice accumulations we can possibly expect. Thank you.

southerngale · #80 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:51 am

AT THIS TIME...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF A PRESIDIO TO MARFA LINE...AND SOUTH
OF A MARFA TO SHEFFIELD LINE. AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE GLASS AND SANTIAGO MOUNTAINS...WHILE AMOUNTS
OVER 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CHISOS MOUNTAINS IN BIG BEND
NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND AWAY FROM
THE AREA.

Hopefully it will pan out, and if it does...enjoy! I sure am jealous.

TX Winter Wx Threat # 8--- TX Ice Storm

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