Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[txtiff]

So Pretty!!!

[Ntxw]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
305 PM CST THU FEB 11 2010

...2009-2010 WINTER AMONG SNOWIEST ON RECORD...

AT 3 PM...DFW AIRPORT HAD RECORDED 6.2 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. THIS
BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 11 OF 1.4 INCHES SET
IN 1988.

That 7.5 inches Feb record about to be taken down not too long from now.

[HockeyTx82]

Is this one of those 1:1000000 storms that will not happen again for another 20+years?

[Texas Snowman]

WFAA.com has a breaking news alert that says snow is expected most of the night.

While I know it won't snow this heavily that entire time, if it indeed snows that long, who knows how much will have fallen?!?

[cycloneye]

[katheria]

WFAA.com has a breaking news alert that says snow is expected most of the night.

While I know it won't snow this heavily that entire time, if it indeed snows that long, who knows how much will have fallen?!?

who knows.... i put out a pretty good sized piece of plywood out last night....in the middle of the yard.....

we will see when it quits!!!! for my area atleast....lots more pics comming

will post a link to my photo album tomorrow....

[wxman57]

this is super depressing.. the NWS is forecasting 2-4 inches all the way down to the gulf cost in MS and AL.. yet here in southeast texas... nada... i just dont get it..

That does surprise me because GFS and NAM forecast soundings indicate that the air aloft will not be cold enough for snow on the MS coast until just a few hours before the precip ends Friday morning.

[Ntxw]

FW is catching up still.

[wxman57]

WFAA.com has a breaking news alert that says snow is expected most of the night.

While I know it won't snow this heavily that entire time, if it indeed snows that long, who knows how much will have fallen?!?

Both NAM and GFS have the snow ending near or shortly after midnight across the metroplex. Technically, that may be most of the night, or close to half the hours of darkness.

[txagwxman]

Is this one of those 1:1000000 storms that will not happen again for another 20+years?

Nope...it will happen again, and people will forget about it...just like the 13" snow-storm that dumped on Victoria,TX in 2004.

[txtiff]

Roads are getting bad. I wonder if the general public feels like it was warned in advance of this system???

[orangeblood]

I'm not believing my eyes. According to the latest update from the short range RUC model, another moderate to heavy band will form around the metroplex soutward around 5-6pm. It almost appears that this is in response to the upper trough trying to rotate and form an upper level low. It never quite does but forms another really nice snow band before the precip comes to an end around 10 or 11pm tonight. This one is obviously going down in the record books!!!

[TexasStorm]

I will take some pics when I get home if I can get home before dark.

[katheria]

Roads are getting bad. I wonder if the general public feels like it was warned in advance of this system???

most people i know NOPE had no clue it was going to be like this...
my mom just called me says she has atleast 6". i told her all last week she didnt believe me....

well shes stuck. left truck in downsloping driveway.......LOL i warned her....

[orangeblood]

Roads are getting bad. I wonder if the general public feels like it was warned in advance of this system???

From the people I talked to, the general consensus is that this is what they expect from the professional mets in these parts. They have told me numerous times they feel more comfortable listening to an amateur like myself than anyone that's around these days. They said it just hasn't been the same since the great Harold Taft.

[txagwxman]

Notice the winds are turning around out of the north now...cold air advection about turn on.

[HockeyTx82]

One thing about this whole storm that I must express my feelings on is how the FTW NWS office handled it. They see the same models we do, if anything with more information or detail. We even had Pro Mets on this sits saying watch out DFW area. That being said they knew this system had a chance to dump quite a bit of snow around the area. I think that some places of business and schools closed late or not at all because how many times have we seen last minute "huge" snow storms fall apart. Now while I have not watched the models prior to this winter would it be safe to say that the NWS knew this could happen and did not prepare people enough for what is coming down. Us Texans are resilient and will find a way to get through it but I wonder if the NWS will handle scenarios like today differently in future when models show this kind of scenario. The reason I say all of this is UNT was open till 12 today and I wonder if they would have closed earlier if the NWS would have been more aggressive with the forecast. When you count in all of the employees and 36,000 students trying to get in and out of Denton there is potential for accidents and so forth that could have been avoided if they were to happen. Anyhow, just my two cents. Enjoy the snow!! This is awesome.

[txagwxman]

Roads are getting bad. I wonder if the general public feels like it was warned in advance of this system???

most people i know NOPE had no clue it was going to be like this...
my mom just called me says she has atleast 6". i told her all last week she didnt believe me....

well shes stuck. left truck in downsloping driveway.......LOL i warned her....

There were a couple of models hinting at 6-7"...GEM/ECMWF. Precip water was .73" from the GFS so it was just believing the models.

[iorange55]

8 inches now here in Southwest Dallas

[txtiff]

I think I am still in shock. It just keeps coming down!! I am in the heavy parts I think. The flakes are HUGE