TX winter wx thread: Spring-like pattern

[southerngale]

This afternoon, NWS raised my low from 20 to 23, which seems more reasonable based on surrounding forecasts. It's currently 34 or 31.4, based on 2 nearby sources. lol

Either way, it's ccccold out there!

I need to get my weather station installed, but I keep thinking I'm moving soon. *sigh*


Btw, our high today was forecasted to be 47 - it was 44.

[Extremeweatherguy]

It's official! As of 8:22pm, I have dropped to 32.4F...a.k.a. freezing!

This is MUCH earlier than I had expected to hit the freezing mark this evening. Looks like I will be seeing a 12+ hour freeze for my location tonight.

[jasons2k]

Just to clarify, freezing is 32.0F. You cannot round-down to get to 0C. You can still call it 32F but it's technically not freezing.

Anyway, somehow I'm not surprised your thermometer shows it at 32F already.

I'm at 39F here.

[pwrdog]

Still dropping fast here around Lake livingston... 28.8 at 8:40pm... Dew Point up to 16 now.. I'm thinking I might see 18 by morning..

I live in a low area about 80 feet elevation with 280-300 foot hills nearby..

[Extremeweatherguy]

I am now down to 31.6F.

BTW - I am surprised that you are only at 39F Jason. That is warmer than most of the surrounding weather stations up there.

Grogans Mill, for instance, is already down to 36.3F and Indian Springs is at 33.7F (http://www.weatherunderground.com/cgi-b ... ands%2C+tx)

[jasons2k]

I'm down to 38F now.

Actually, the station that most closely mirrors my location & readings is this one:

http://www.oakridgewx.net/wx.htm (now 39F)

And this one is actually a bit closer, but I don't know how accurate it is (now 37.6):

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... KTXSPRIN27

[Extremeweatherguy]

9pm Houston-area temperatures...

IAH - 37F
Hooks - 34F
Conroe - 28F
Hobby - 38F
Sugar Land - 37F

My thermometer - 30.6F

Based on these numbers, I think the NWS seriously needs to consider lowering their forecast a few degrees.

[pwrdog]

I'm at 27.2 at 9:40 near lake livingston.. It was down to 25.9 for a few seconds looking at my temp log....

At least we don't live in central florida....... Orlando at 35 F dew point 8 F with winds gusting to 27mph.... Ouch! If the winds died down they would be in huge trouble..

[Extremeweatherguy]

I am at 28.9F right now.

[Extremeweatherguy]

10pm Houston-area temperatures...

IAH - 36F
Hooks - 32F
Conroe - 27F
Hobby - 39F
Sugar Land - 35F

My thermometer - 28.6F

[Extremeweatherguy]

The NWS website just lowered the temperatures for tonight. The point forecast now shows 27F near IAH, 24F where I am here in northern Harris county, and 22F in Conroe!

They have also lowered highs for tomorrow down to 49-51F across the area.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Florida people have a thread for how cold it is, but they got nothing on Texas.


Southeast Texas dominates Florida for Arctic weather.

28ºF (-3º) already in Conroe,just outside Houston, where the sun sets an hour later than Florida.

[pwrdog]

At 10:00 pm I'm down 25.5

[Ed Mahmoud]

Freezing at Hooks, closest ob to my house.

[srainhoutx]

31.2 here at 10 PM CST

[weatherrabbit_tx]

any consolation I'm 36.4 here at the lake at 10:15

[Extremeweatherguy]

Austin-Bergstrom is already down to 23F!

It looks likely that they will be in the mid to upper teens by sunrise over there on the SE side of Austin.

[jasons2k]

35F here now.

NWS went down to 23F for my location.

I hate it when they change the rules after the game has already started.

Time to bundle-up and throw a sheet on my Pygmy Dates. I hope the Majesty Palms survive this.

[Extremeweatherguy]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1020 PM CST WED JAN 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...
FOR THE MOST PART THIS EVENING SURFACE DEWPOINTS HAS BEEN
TRENDING LOWER THAN GUIDANCE NUMBERS. SURFACE TEMPERATURE HAS
BEEN DROPPING FASTER THAN BOTH GFS AND NAM MOS NUMBERS.
SURPRISINGLY AT 03Z GFS REPORTED A DEWPOINT OF 17 DEGREES F AND
BUOY 035`S DEWPOINT WAS 20 DEGREES F. THE SOUTHWEST ZONES
INCLUDING INLAND AREAS OF MATAGORDA..JACKSON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES
ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK. WE MADE 1ST PERIOD
ADJUSTMENTS FOR OVERNIGHT MINS AND WE ALSO ADJUSTED DEWPOINTS.
THIS SCENARIO ASSUMES THAT APPROACHING THICK CI SHIELD OVER HILL
COUNTRY AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WILL THIN OUT SOMEWHAT ONCE
IT TRANSLATES TO OUR REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH ANTICIPATED LOWER
TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN WITH (TOMORROW MORNING)...WE ADJUSTED MAX
TEMPS LOWER (CLOSER TO 50 DEG F FOR MANY AREAS) FOR THURSDAY. REST
OF ZFPHGX ON TRACK. 37

[pwrdog]

Going to bed.... It's down to 23.8 at 10:30pm.... It is dropping like a rock right now under crystal clear and calm conditions.....