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

[ROCK]

The water here on objects is just now starting to turn into a glaze.

40 miles south please....not really fair you guys taking advantage of some evap cooling to bring you down to freezing.....

[Yankeegirl]

The rain is starting to come down a little heavier and more steady now... and I am sitting at 33.2...just a few more degrees and we are in trouble!!

[aggiecutter]

Snow and Sleet is back into the Texarkana forecast tonight and tomorrow. It's supposed to change over to rain on Thursday, but with dew points in the upper teens, I doubt it will change over and remain frozen.




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Point Forecast: Texarkana, TX
33.42N -94.11W (Elev. 318 ft) Cell Phone Weather Link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wml
Last Update: 4:19 pm CST Jan 16, 2007
Forecast Valid: 5pm CST Jan 16, 2007-6pm CST Jan 23, 2007

Forecast at a glance
Tonight

Snow/Sleet. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 30%
Snow/Sleet

Lo 25°F Wednesday

Snow/Sleet. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 30%
Snow/Sleet

Hi 32°F Wednesday
Night
Wintry Mix. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 30%
Wintry
Mix
Lo 27°F
Thursday
Chance Rain. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 40%
Chance
Rain
Hi 43°F Thursday
Night
Chance Rain. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 50%
Chance
Rain
Lo 36°F Friday

Chance Rain. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 30%
Chance
Rain
Hi 41°F Friday
Night
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly
Cloudy
Lo 31°F Saturday

Chance Rain. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 30%
Chance
Rain
Hi 43°F Saturday
Night
Chance Thunderstorms. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 50%
Chance
Tstms
Lo 34°F

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Hazardous weather condition(s):

Flood Statement
Hazardous Weather Outlook

Tonight: A chance of snow and sleet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of snow and sleet. Cloudy, with a high near 32. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A chance of freezing rain and sleet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind around 5 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. South wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 36. Calm wind becoming north between 5 and 10 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 41.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 43.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 34.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 40.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Monday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 46.


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Texarkana Regional-Webb Field
Last Update on Jan 16, 3:53 pm CST

Fair

31°F
(-1°C)
Humidity: 54 %
Wind Speed: NE 3 MPH
Barometer: 30.61" (1036.7 mb)
Dewpoint: 16°F (-9°C)
Visibility: 10.00 mi.
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[jasons2k]

Just looking at how evap. cooling has worked here in Montgomery County and the radar trends, it looks like to me this one is going to be a decent ice storm for my location.

[jeff]

Temp 31 in Spring with ZR falling. No glaze yet...roads are wet.

[Yankeegirl]

Streets are wet here as well... My sister in law out in Brookshire said that the water containers for the dogs outside have a glaze on them .... I guess its coming! and the temp is still dropping... 32.9 here now... and rain....................................


((what is ZR??))

[ROCK]

freezing rain

[Yankeegirl]

Thank you... lol.. thats what I thought,... but thought i would ask anyways...,

[Johnny]

I now have ice on my vehicles, wooden fence, leaves on the trees etc. Icicles are hanging from my golf cart, roof and car port and from the bumper of my truck.

I buddy of mine said that he was at Walmart and a couple said that their was snow on the ground in Madisonville. Can anyone confirm this? I really don't think that their is.

[TexasSam]

This might help a bit:

TABLE 1: GFE Wx Type derived from TRENDS
GFE Wx Type TRENDs Technique Precipitation Type Definition
S...........Mostly Snow
R...........Mostly Rain
S/R........Measurable Snow with Rain
R/-S.......Rain with only Trace Snow
ZR/R......Freezing Rain with Rain
ZR/-IP....Freezing Rain with only Trace Sleet
IP/ZR.....Measurable Sleet and Freezing Rain
S/IP/ZR..Measurable Snow and Sleet with Freezing Rain
IP/S.......Sleet and Snow

[Extremeweatherguy]

I am getting icicles starting to form on the sides of the roof now. Nothing big yet but I did note some icicles as long as an inch or so already.

Looks like things should go downhill overnight. The ice storm looks like it is playing out after all..

[aggiecutter]

I'm thinking I'm looking at light freezing precip through Wednesday. I think the precip will increase on Thursday and remain frozen as the arctic air will be hard to displace. This weekend is when the big event is possible. Temps are marginal on the models right now, but we all know the GFS doesnt do a good job of handling arctic air, especially now that there is a lot of ice and snow on the plains.

[Wren]

Portastorm,

Spencer's backed off that. Now saying the NWS is predicting up to 3-4 inches in the Austin area. Said it's too hard to predict snow as opposed to the mixed stuff, but does say looks like snow after midnight. At most, he will commit to an inch of snow.

Info KXAN has coming in from San Angelo is saying points east of there, but west of Austin to pick up 5-7" of snow.

[hriverajr]

Moderate Snow here in Del Rio. I have not seen a decent snow since I was six Been doing snow grains,sleet, and snow for the past two hours... now almost all snow. Taking pics too.

[vbhoutex]

I am now getting eyewitness reports from the Grand Parkway area in Katy and from SH 249 and Grant Road area(NW Houston) of icing beginning. Temps have dropped at least 1.5-2 degrees all over W Houston in the last hour and most areas from the Loop 610 Westward are now below freezing. I am at Buffalo Bayou and Loop 610 and it is 30.8º here. Heading out so I can get home before anything really begins.

BE SAFE EVERYONE!!! We could have a possible very nasty situation by morning, especially in our outlying metro areas.

[WhiteShirt]

This might help a bit:

TABLE 1: GFE Wx Type derived from TRENDS
GFE Wx Type TRENDs Technique Precipitation Type Definition
S...........Mostly Snow
R...........Mostly Rain
S/R........Measurable Snow with Rain
R/-S.......Rain with only Trace Snow
ZR/R......Freezing Rain with Rain
ZR/-IP....Freezing Rain with only Trace Sleet
IP/ZR.....Measurable Sleet and Freezing Rain
S/IP/ZR..Measurable Snow and Sleet with Freezing Rain
IP/S.......Sleet and Snow

any wintry precip in Baytown?

[Portastorm]

Portastorm,

Spencer's backed off that. Now saying the NWS is predicting up to 3-4 inches in the Austin area. Said it's too hard to predict snow as opposed to the mixed stuff, but does say looks like snow after midnight. At most, he will commit to an inch of snow.

Info KXAN has coming in from San Angelo is saying points east of there, but west of Austin to pick up 5-7" of snow.

Oh, I know what he is saying ... Mark Murray on KVUE, too, is suggesting a little snow. I just think the air column above us will remain too warm for consistent snow. I think a wintry mix is definitely likely though. Meanwhile, I was just outside and I would say moderate sleet/freezing rain is falling. This will surely ice up whatever ice has melted.

Another interesting item. TxDOT is saying they are running out of de-icer and they may have to shut down elevated roadways here tonight because of that.

[vbhoutex]

Moderate Snow here in Del Rio. I have not seen a decent snow since I was six Been doing snow grains,sleet, and snow for the past two hours... now almost all snow. Taking pics too.

Post them when you get them please.

[Portastorm]

Moderate Snow here in Del Rio. I have not seen a decent snow since I was six Been doing snow grains,sleet, and snow for the past two hours... now almost all snow. Taking pics too.

Alright ... didn't know we had someone from Del Rio on the board! I go down there a lot to visit mi familia (in-laws, that is).

So, hriverajr ... any accumulation down there yet?

[Extremeweatherguy]

palms are starting to freeze up here now. It is weird b/c when the wind blows there is all the sudden a shower of ice that falls from them. It kind of looks like snow for a second or two actually. It is kind of interesting since I have never seen a palm tree in freezing rain before.