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#6801 Postby southerngale » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:03 pm

Jasper, about an hour north of here, has been reporting light snow for the past few hours.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Jasper&state=TX&site=LCH&textField1=30.9204&textField2=-93.9951&e=1

Meanwhile, we've been getting pretty heavy rain for a little while after light to moderate rain all day. I'm sure this is doing wonders for Pine Island Bayou, which was already above flood stage.

Oh man... to think how much snow this would be if it wasn't falling as rain.
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#6802 Postby Portastorm » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:05 pm

serenata09 wrote:Austin has 70% rain/snow mix in their forecast according to NWS.


More lies! :x
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#6803 Postby greg_kfdm_tv » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:08 pm

southerngale wrote:Jasper, about an hour north of here, has been reporting light snow for the past few hours.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Jasper&state=TX&site=LCH&textField1=30.9204&textField2=-93.9951&e=1

Meanwhile, we've been getting pretty heavy rain for a little while after light to moderate rain all day. I'm sure this is doing wonders for Pine Island Bayou, which was already above flood stage.
That is an automated weather station at Jasper and is incorrectly reporting snow. It may snow before daybreak...but not right now.
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#6804 Postby PineyWoods » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:10 pm

Snow, sleet, and mostly rain here in Tyler today, but in the last 30 minutes has started snowing pretty good and now starting to cover most of the ground here. Hope it continues for awhile. Would be nice to see a good coating like those of you in the DFW area.
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#6805 Postby ndale » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:12 pm

This is my first post tho have been lurking for a while. I live on the north edge of Austin and now getting rain, sleet and some snow flurries.
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#6806 Postby Portastorm » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:18 pm

ndale wrote:This is my first post tho have been lurking for a while. I live on the north edge of Austin and now getting rain, sleet and some snow flurries.


Is that you srainhoutx ... trying to goad me?! :lol:

Seriously ... welcome ndale! I'm in SW Austin and have only a cold rain. But you are giving me some hope!
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#6807 Postby txagwxman » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:18 pm

My bro says slush in Austin on his windshield.
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#6808 Postby HockeyTx82 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:18 pm

Snow just picked up here again in Denton. I moved my car out from under my carport. Saw one on TV that fell on top of cars, not worth the risk. :eek:
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#6809 Postby Portastorm » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:27 pm

txagwxman wrote:My bro says slush in Austin on his windshield.


I think my head is going to explode! :double:
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#6810 Postby ndale » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:28 pm

Portastorm, I live in Pflugerville, it has mostly turned back to a light drizzle here, maybe the ice moved your way.
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#6811 Postby DentonGal » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:28 pm

This snow event was awesome, amazing, once in a lifetime experience....now, what's on the horizon???? Somethings gotta be running somewhere, I know you guys too well! :hmm:
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#6812 Postby iorange55 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:30 pm

DentonGal wrote:This snow event was awesome, amazing, once in a lifetime experience....now, what's on the horizon???? Somethings gotta be running somewhere, I know you guys too well! :hmm:



WHAT'S NEXT? GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THIS!



ay tu what's next, lol.
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#6813 Postby txagwxman » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:32 pm

ndale wrote:Portastorm, I live in Pflugerville, it has mostly turned back to a light drizzle here, maybe the ice moved your way.

It is just north of Austin --- u can see the graupel on the radar.


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#6814 Postby Portastorm » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:32 pm

ndale wrote:Portastorm, I live in Pflugerville, it has mostly turned back to a light drizzle here, maybe the ice moved your way.


Nope. It didn't. But I think I see why there were some reports of a slushy mix here. Radar shows very bright returns which just passed through Travis County. No doubt there was probably some sleet or flurries mixed in that band of precipitation. Unfortunately it looks rather thin out to our west so that was probably the end of it.

txagwxman: I didn't see your post until I sent mine. Yeah, I see it and figured out the "why." Graupel. Always loved that word! :lol:
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#6815 Postby Stephanie » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:35 pm

Enjoy your snow and sleet guys and gals! :D
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#6816 Postby southerngale » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:37 pm

greg_kfdm_tv wrote:
southerngale wrote:Jasper, about an hour north of here, has been reporting light snow for the past few hours.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Jasper&state=TX&site=LCH&textField1=30.9204&textField2=-93.9951&e=1

Meanwhile, we've been getting pretty heavy rain for a little while after light to moderate rain all day. I'm sure this is doing wonders for Pine Island Bayou, which was already above flood stage.
That is an automated weather station at Jasper and is incorrectly reporting snow. It may snow before daybreak...but not right now.

Ok, thanks. Do you know what is wrong with it? After I posted above, I looked around and none of the areas around Jasper were reporting snow, so I wondered if it was accurate. I was about to call someone in Jasper and ask them.
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#6817 Postby Brent » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:39 pm

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

...SNOW EVENT ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS...

AT 6 PM...DFW AIRPORT HAD RECORDED 7.3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. THIS
BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 11 OF 1.4 INCHES SET
IN 1988.

THE 24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY IS 7.5 INCHES...SET ON
FEBRUARY 17, 1978 AND FEBRUARY 25, 1924. TODAY IS THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL AT DFW AIRPORT SINCE FEBRUARY 17, 1978.

THIS BRINGS THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL TO 10.5 INCHES...WHICH IS
THE 4TH HIGHEST SEASONAL TOTAL ON RECORD FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH. THIS
IS THE SNOWIEST WINTER IN 32 SEASONS (SINCE 1977-1978).
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#6818 Postby HockeyTx82 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:42 pm

WOW!!! It is really coming down here in Denton now. Lite and fluffy snow now. Perhaps the hardest it's come down all day and that's saying alot. :froze: :froze:
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Re: Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

#6819 Postby orangeblood » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:50 pm

Just when you think the last moderate band is moving through, another forms to the southwest. Unreal !! Can you believe a Fort Worth NWS employee made a statement today "the last moderate to heavy band will move through the metroplex around 1 pm". Well needless to say, we've had around 4 heavy bands move through since then.
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#6820 Postby Ntxw » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:54 pm

For once, I think we might just be able to enjoy fallen snow for an extra day! Doubt this will all melt tomorrow lol. Personally I hope that band breaks the 8 inch mark for DFW. Since it's snowed a lot already, why not set a nice new standard for aesthetics.
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