SE TX/SW LA Winter WX - 2011-2012

[CYCLONE MIKE]

TigerCraig, NWS has Baton Rouge back up to potentially 5 inches through tomorrow. Hopefully it will expand down about 15 more miles to the south by the next update. This is making my head hurt.

[CajunMama]

Yeah Mike, I saw that. Funny thing is is that lafayette will have the same temps and we're 100% chance of rain/sleet and little or no accumulation. Interesting how different offices forecast.

[CYCLONE MIKE]

I know does not make sense to me. I just asked this in the deep south thread hopefully I will get some answers...

Could someone with more winter weather knowledge help me with a question. I live about 15 miles south of downtown Baton Rouge. For tomorrow the NWS forecast for Baton Rouge has a high of 41 with an 80% chance of snow with accum. of 1-2 inches. For us it is the same temp with rain and sleet mix with no accum. What is going on for such different forecast?

[Jagno]

We are at 36 and steady rain here in Calcasieu Parish.

Folks, I know the potential for snow is exciting but keep in mind that we are walking a fine line here especially with nighttime/morning lows to have a small ice situation that can make utilities and driving iffy at best. Our grounds are totally saturated as it is (I've already had two 12' palm trees and 3 young fruit trees fall over to one side) therefore any weight from ice or snow will make this situation even worse. I've been cooped up in this house since Thanksgiving and would love nothing more than to sit by the fireplace and watch the beautiful snowflakes but the fact is, especially with the uncertainty and difficulty that the forecasters are having with this, it could get nasty. Make sure you have your winter preps ready.

On another note, this is the first time EVER that I've gone through an entire cord of wood in one winter. This year certainly has been a colder than normal winter for our area.

I'm suppose to be in Lafayette at 8am. I pray the roads are not iced.

[srainhoutx]

I hope it's not ice either...

[southerngale]

Unless the radar starts to fill in, I'm afraid that even any long shot we had of snow is diminishing. While it's still currently raining, the radar is really starting to clear out to the west. Unless it starts changing over quickly (and I don't think it's going to), it looks like to my untrained eyes that the precip may be gone by the time we have our shot at a little snow. (wee morning hours to daybreak)

It's currently 34°

[LaBreeze]

We are at 36 and steady rain here in Calcasieu Parish.

Folks, I know the potential for snow is exciting but keep in mind that we are walking a fine line here especially with nighttime/morning lows to have a small ice situation that can make utilities and driving iffy at best. Our grounds are totally saturated as it is (I've already had two 12' palm trees and 3 young fruit trees fall over to one side) therefore any weight from ice or snow will make this situation even worse. I've been cooped up in this house since Thanksgiving and would love nothing more than to sit by the fireplace and watch the beautiful snowflakes but the fact is, especially with the uncertainty and difficulty that the forecasters are having with this, it could get nasty. Make sure you have your winter preps ready.

On another note, this is the first time EVER that I've gone through an entire cord of wood in one winter. This year certainly has been a colder than normal winter for our area.

I'm suppose to be in Lafayette at 8am. I pray the roads are not iced.

I wouldn't worry too much on the icing situation going to Lafayette. Local met in Lafayette is saying no chance for icy roads. Good luck and drive safely though.

[vbhoutex]

Snow being reported in College Station and Bryan. Temp is 33ºf here at the house with a light mist still falling. Looks like more is building to our West though. I initially thought it was over, but now I am wondering. I keep going outside to make sure the mist I see isn't snow.

[southerngale]

Where is more building? I'm looking at Intellicast, which is about 25 minutes behind at the moment, but it looks to be clearing up west of here rather quickly. I had already lost all hope.

[vbhoutex]

We are currently having light to moderate rain with a few flurries or sleet mixed in in W and NW Houston, depending on your location. When I looked at this radar http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/77080?from=36hour_map_large&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar it showed the heavier showers that we are experiencing right now building up out to our West.

[southerngale]

Ah, ok. I was thinking maybe you meant further out west and that the radar I posted was just behind. It did fill in between here and out toward Victoria, though. It seems like it's been raining forever.

I haven't been outside to check in a while, but it sounds like the same old rain that's been falling all day. I hope your sleet or flurries mixed in turns to all snow before it's all said and done, and then does the same over here, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Since we can't build a snowman, wanna help me build an ark? 3 1/2 to 4 inches of rain and it's still coming down. And the ground was already saturated before all this rain.

It's 33° now with rain - how cruel is that?

[srainhoutx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1136 PM CST THU FEB 11 2010

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1000 PM SNOW BRYAN 30.67N 96.37W
02/11/2010 E0.5 INCH BRAZOS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

SEVERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE BRYAN AREA DUE TO SLUSHY
ROADS. SNOW CHANGED BACK TO RAIN BY TIME OF REPORT.

1027 PM SNOW IOLA 30.77N 96.07W
02/11/2010 E1.0 INCH GRIMES TX BROADCAST MEDIA

ICY CONDITIONS DEVELOPED ON STATE HIGHWAY 30 ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS.

1116 PM SNOW LATEXO 31.39N 95.47W
02/11/2010 E1.0 INCH HOUSTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

1116 PM SNOW GRAPELAND 31.49N 95.48W
02/11/2010 E1.5 INCH HOUSTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN GRAPELAND. AT LEAST
20 CARS HAVE SLID OFF THE ROAD IN NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY
WITH SEVERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DUE TO ICY ROADS. ONE TREE
DOWNED.

1117 PM SNOW TRINITY 30.94N 95.37W
02/11/2010 E0.5 INCH TRINITY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

LIGHT SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS TRINITY COUNTY. AT
LEAST FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TRINITY.
SEVERAL CARS IN DITCHES ELSEWHERE AROUND COUNTY.

1118 PM SNOW MADISONVILLE 30.95N 95.91W
02/11/2010 E1.0 INCH MADISON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ACROSS COUNTY DUE TO
SLUSHY/ICY ROADS.

[PTrackerLA]

Doesn't appear that we'll be seeing any snow/sleet here. I was hoping the computer models were a little too warm with their temperatures but everything seems to be playing out as progged right now which means a very wet and cold night. As I type this I hear it starting to rain heavily outside; I've had enough of it time for bed!

[southerngale]

I woke up and looked outside... it's still raining. And it's still 33° -

I hate Mother Nature.

[CajunMama]

Frack...I have snow.

[southerngale]

Frack...I have snow.

Oh, wow. Congrats! I told you last night you might get some!!

[JSDS]

Yay! The snow just started here (just east of Baton Rouge). Better late than never!

[BreinLa]

I drove to work in da SNOW!!!!!!!

[Tireman4]

I woke up and looked outside... it's still raining. And it's still 33° -

I hate Mother Nature.

Remember Gale...it is not nice to fool with Mother Nature. She may just dump ten inches of snow on you week after next...LOL

[southerngale]

I woke up and looked outside... it's still raining. And it's still 33° -

I hate Mother Nature.

Remember Gale...it is not nice to fool with Mother Nature. She may just dump ten inches of snow on you week after next...LOL

Tell her to bring it on!