Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[Portastorm]

This may bode well for y'all up north but reports now coming in of sleet falling in SW Austin and northwest of town in Cedar Park. Snow flurries reported out in Fredericksburg. We weren't supposed to get ANY sleet.

I wouldn't get too excited yet because these are just sporadic reports but it still shows this system is a bit more stout and perhaps colder in the lower levels of the atmosphere than projected.

Keep us posted Portastorm. Radar suggests sleet falling along the I-10 corridor near San Antonio as well as the I-35 corridor.

Actually, I can confirm that as well! My wife just texted me and said her good friend who lives in NE San Antonio said it was sleeting down there!

[iorange55]

This may bode well for y'all up north but reports now coming in of sleet falling in SW Austin and northwest of town in Cedar Park. Snow flurries reported out in Fredericksburg. We weren't supposed to get ANY sleet.

I wouldn't get too excited yet because these are just sporadic reports but it still shows this system is a bit more stout and perhaps colder in the lower levels of the atmosphere than projected.

Keep us posted Portastorm. Radar suggests sleet falling along the I-10 corridor near San Antonio as well as the I-35 corridor.

Actually, I can confirm that as well! My wife just texted me and said her good friend who lives in NE San Antonio said it was sleeting down there!

Hopefully my friend that lives down there is seeing it. Although my friend wants snow, not sleet. But hey you take what you can get, I guess.

[srainhoutx]

IR Satellite Imagery...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... te/SCR/IR/

[Weatherdude20]

NOW: snow band from abilene to san angelo... Heavy rain mixed with sleet north west of Austin. And mixed snow/sleet in granbury area south west of FTW...

LATER : West of I-35 2-4 inches... East of I-35 to Dallas 1-3 inches... East of Dallas 1-2 inches Max. south towards waco expect slightly warmer temps but heaver precip,more of a mix precip through 4:00pm then turning to all snow before its all said and done...

THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR : Temps,roads, and evaporative cooling...

Is that coming from the NWS? I know you have connections.

Most of this is indirect info, so not exactly altough the reports,and cautions are from the NWSFWO and for the snow accum. totals my own professional opinion. =)

[msstateguy83]

weatherdude20 so are you a meteorologist in the dfw area? just currious
i like those amounts pretty much along the lines of what iam thinking
heavy amounts i-35 points west. would not be surprised to see some
amounts over 4" in the western sections.

[Portastorm]

Confirmed reports of sleet falling in Bastrop now.

Edit update: and now there are confirmed reports of snow falling in Burnet!

[srainhoutx]

Harper near Kerrville reporting light snow with some accumulation...

[iorange55]

Harper near Kerrville reporting light snow with some accumulation...

Nice surprise for those folks

[srainhoutx]

Sleet reports from New Braunfels, Johnson City, Boerne, Hondo, La Vernia, and Leander.

[Ntxw]

Baird just east of Abilene on I-20 is reporting snow\fog with half mile visibilities.

[Weatherdude20]

weatherdude20 so are you a meteorologist in the dfw area? just currious
i like those amounts pretty much along the lines of what iam thinking
heavy amounts i-35 points west. would not be surprised to see some
amounts over 4" in the western sections.

Yes, and isolated 4 or 5 inch amounts could be possible west of I-35 along and west southwest of a line from Stephenville to Mineral Wells to Decatur where temps should stay steady around freezing and could see the heavier snow bands...

[WacoWx]

10:15 am, sleeting in Waco.

Can the form of precip (sleet rather than rain) cause the temp to drop closer to the dewpoint?

[msstateguy83]

we need to keep the dang snow away from the falls lol i dont need anymore!!!!!
this is what the front of my apartment looked like just as of yesterday evening
still LOTS of snow on the ground...

[srainhoutx]

Bee Cave reporting light snow...

[Tireman4]

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Rad ... imate=true




Nice blues and pinks

[iorange55]

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=USTX1200&animate=true




Nice blues and pinks

Snow is building fast, fast, fast back to the east.

[Dallasaggie01]

Friend in N. Austin/ Cedar Park is reporting accumulating sleet now...

[WacoWx]

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx?location=USTX1200&animate=true




Nice blues and pinks

this radar is showing rain for Waco but it all sleet as of now. its light but not mixed with rain so theres that. thanks for the link!

[iorange55]

Also looks like more heavy precip is trying to develop down in Mexico where this first batch is coming from.

[msstateguy83]

wow lol this is looking pretty good on radar, maybe i will just show a station off up here in the falls area had been talking to one about poss doing some fill in work although iam not sure it is gonna workout or not, one of the meteorologist's at the station acted like i was crazy with my thoughts about today told me no way no how would we see amounts in any part of n.tx over 1.5 -2" his words most likely a dusting we shall see about that lol b/c i told him i was not even really worried about up here my thoughts all along have been i-20 area and i-35 points w say stephenville, abilene, mineral wells up to the western sides of the metroplex region...