Texas winter wx thread (2009-2010)

[iorange55]

The second to last picture is incredible

[Tireman4]

Everyone in Texas going to be praying for hot weather after this Feb and March.

Umm not me. Runners love cool days. I especially love them. I had enough of the heat to last me a lifetime this past summer.

[setxweatherfreak]

ok my feet are Officially numb!!
Took pics starting at 7:30 this morning and just got home a few mins ago...
over 4000 pictures!!! (geez thanks snow storm gonna take me 5 weeks to go through them) LOL

Just a few that i took

Love the willow trees - beautiful!!!

[HockeyTx82]

ok my feet are Officially numb!!
Took pics starting at 7:30 this morning and just got home a few mins ago...
over 4000 pictures!!! (geez thanks snow storm gonna take me 5 weeks to go through them) LOL

Just a few that i took

Do you have the origianl (larger resolution) of this one you could post? I want to make it a background on my monitor.

[katheria]

the orginal is 2560x1920


i will post a link to my photo album on photobucket sometime soon, with all the best pics taken...

if anyone wants the orginal ill have to email them to you...they are too big for photobucket LOL

I need to add copyright to them first...

but anyone on this board is welcome to use them for personal use...

and of course storm2k website heheh

[gboudx]

Freezing Fog Advisory for DFW.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
258 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010

...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CST SATURDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS AND VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL LEVELS
FROM THE RECENT SNOWFALL WILL ALLOW DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS
MOST OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE DENSE FOG...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY IN
THE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA DUE TO DENSE FOG AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES BY
LATE EVENING. RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND SLUSH WILL RE-FREEZE ON AREA
ROADWAYS TONIGHT. FREEZING FOG ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO COAT
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN A THIN LAYER OF ICE.

A DENSE FOG OR FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MAY BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A
GREATER AREA OF NORTH TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MEANS DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR WHILE
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. THE FOG MAY DEPOSIT A LIGHT
COATING OF ICE ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES. IF DRIVING...SLOW
DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE
AHEAD OF YOU. BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

[Ntxw]

This is the perfect set up for a major arctic outbreak. We've been in a colder weather pattern and extensive snow cover has been laid down. Now the models are depicting shots and shots of cold air with a possible motherload via cross polar flow. It looks inevitable...

[katheria]

humm more photo shots comming i think....snow and fog should make some neat shots...for sure

[iorange55]

humm more photo shots comming i think....snow and fog should make some neat shots...for sure

Yeah I mentioned that earlier. There is a field by me that is beautiful when it's foggy, so add snow to that. I can't wait to see how it looks on camera.

[katheria]

well my official measurement at our house here was 11.75" inches...

how about everyone else??

[Texas Snowman]

well my official measurement at our house here was 11.75" inches...

how about everyone else??

7" officially here at my house in Denison. We never could stay under the heavy snow bands long enough.

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Just a few more pics from this morning. Whe had 10 inches total I believe maybe a little more.

[katheria]

Just a few more pics from this morning. Whe had 10 inches total I believe maybe a little more.

wheres the huge snowman??? that much of a field i would have made a huge one rofl

[Ntxw]

I got around 12' maybe a bit more but I rounded down. So all in all it was 10-14' around the immediate metroplex (minus the melting in some spots) 6-10 surrounding the major counties and gradually to about 2-4 for pretty much all of north Texas. I'd say my 3-6 with 6+ prediction was pretty good! Sigh...

[iorange55]

Just had my first experience of shoveling snow out of the drive way with a small shovel.


Not fun.

[Texas Snowman]

This is the perfect set up for a major arctic outbreak. We've been in a colder weather pattern and extensive snow cover has been laid down. Now the models are depicting shots and shots of cold air with a possible motherload via cross polar flow. It looks inevitable...

And for anyone who thinks we are too late in the year for bitterly cold arctic air, think again.

That's because today marks the anniversary of the motherload of all arctic outbreaks roaring south at the turn of the 20th century.

From FoxNews.com weather almanac today:

1899 - The greatest of all arctic outbreaks commenced, bringing with it a low temperature of 61 degrees below zero in Montana. The record low temperature for Washington, DC was set when the temperature fell to 15 degrees below zero.

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There we go.....10 inches!!!

We didnt make a HUGE one...lol It was tooo cold....heres the one we did make. Plus I sprained my ankle out it....Still worth it still woth it ...lol

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[wxman57]

ECMWF slight chance snow Houston next Sat.

Yes, it shows another significant West Gulf low developing next Fri/Sat with even COLDER weather across Texas aloft. This means that moisture would be more limited in the colder air up north in Dallas, but you could get that extra few inches to break the seasonal record.

[Dustan78]

We got 9.5 inches here at our house close to downtown Fort Worth, TX.

[Portastorm]

My counselor says I cannot look at any GFS runs but I am allowed to read forecast discussions. You North Texans take note of this one:

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
323 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010

.DISCUSSION...
SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS WILL MAKE THE FORECAST CHALLENGING FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS AS SNOW COVER WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GREATLY
INFLUENCE THE SENSIBLE WEATHER. CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO ERODE FROM
NW TO SE...AND ALREADY HAVE BEEN BUILDING DOWN TOWARD THE SURFACE
THIS AFTERNOON AS DRYING/SUBSIDENCE ALOFT OCCURS. AFTER SUNSET...
THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS...DRYING ALOFT...AND COPIOUS NEAR
SURFACE MOISTURE SHOULD RESULT IN FOG JUST ABOUT AREA WIDE.
FARTHER WEST THERE IS A CONCERN THAT MOISTURE WILL BE TOO
SHALLOW...AND FARTHER EAST MOISTURE MAY BE TOO DEEP WITH MORE LOW
CLOUDS THAN FOG. FOG DEVELOPING OVER THE SNOW PACK WILL BE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RADIATE OUT TO WELL BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY
IN THE NW. OBVIOUSLY SUBFREEZING TEMPS WOULD CAUSE RE-FREEZING OF
WATER AND SLUSH ON AREA ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...FREEZING FOG /OR
THE DEPOSITION OF SUPERCOOLED WATER DROPLETS ON EXPOSED-ELEVATED
OBJECTS/ WILL ALSO AIDE IN ICE FORMATION TONIGHT. A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL CWA TO HIGHLIGHT
THE IMPACT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY CONFIDENCE IN THIS EVENT
IS HIGH IN THE ADVISORY AREA...AND EXPANSION OF A FREEZING FOG OR
DENSE FOG ADVISORY WOULD OCCUR AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES IN THE
SURROUNDING AREAS LATER TONIGHT.

A ROUND OF FOG TONIGHT ADDS COMPLEXITIES TO TOMORROW/S FORECAST AS
WELL. FOG MAY TRANSITION TO LOW CLOUDS...AND THE FORECAST
SOUTHERLY WARM ADVECTION...MAY END UP JUST RIDING OVER THE TOP OF
THE SNOW PACK REINFORCED INVERSION RESULTING IN CONTINUED CLOUDS
OVER THE NORTHERN/NORTHEASTERN CWA INTO SUNDAY. EXCEPT FOR THE
SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE SNOW PACK...HIGH TEMPS WERE ABOUT 10-15
DEGREES BELOW MODEL FORECAST...WHICH MAY NOT BE ENOUGH IF CLOUDS
DO MATERIALIZE IN FULL FORCE.

FORECAST GETS EASIER ON SUNDAY AS A FAST MOVING UPPER LOW DROPS
SOUTH OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA AND PUSHES A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH
THE REGION. HAVE SIDED WITH THE FASTER TIMING OF THE GFS. ALL
MODELS FORECAST FRONTOGENETIC FORCING TO BE STRONG WITH THIS
SYSTEM...AND WHERE MOISTURE IS HIGH ENOUGH OVER THE EAST...THERE
WILL BE A LOW CHANCE OF MEASURABLE RAIN. SPRINKLES OR DRIZZLE WILL
BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. MOST MODEL FORECASTS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF SNOW
FLURRIES IN THE NORTHEAST ZONES SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE RAPID
DRYING TAKES PLACE. DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD RESULT IN A
FEW CLEAR DAYS NEXT WEEK AND TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER THAN NORMAL.
GIVEN THE ORIGIN OF THE AIR MASS AND EXTENDED OCCUPANCY OF THE
SURFACE RIDGE IN TEXAS...WILL UNDERCUT TEMP GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY
FOR LOWS. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF
THE NEXT SYSTEM.

THE EXTENDED 6-8 DAY FORECAST GETS UNCERTAIN ONCE AGAIN. THE 12Z
GFS LOOKS VERY ODD...AS IT BREAKS APART AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE
CONUS INTO 3-4 SEPARATE UPPER LOWS. THE ECMWF IS PREFERRED...AS
IT MAINTAINS CONTINUITY WITH PREVIOUS MODEL FORECASTS. INDICATIONS
ARE THAT LARGE SCALE RIDGING WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN CANADA AND
A DEEP TROUGH WILL FORM OVER THE CENTRAL CONTINENT. THIS WILL BE A
FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR CANADIAN AIR TO ENTER THE REGION BEGINNING
WITH A COLD FRONT THURSDAY. ECMWF SUGGESTS A POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY
WEATHER ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS FOR
LIQUID PRECIP AND TEMPS IN THE 30S-40S UNTIL MORE MODEL RUNS ADD
CREDIT TO THIS SOLUTION. AND FINALLY...BY DAY 10-11...ANOTHER
ARCTIC OUTBREAK MAY OCCUR AS POLAR VORTEX/1055MB HIGH BEGINS TO
DROP SOUTH INTO CANADA. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH IN THE
COMING DAYS.