Texas Winter 2010-2011
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
I'm ready bring it on! Last winter storm for a long time, I'll enjoy in this one.
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
WS Watches posted for all of NTX.
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
That was a very good discussion coming out of the Fort Worth office this afternoon. Even went into detail on why the NAM was going loco on us !!!! But I've noticed it's slowly but surely coming back around
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GFS and UKMET aren't very different. That's good enough for me! With some support from the euro.
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
If these forecast verify, Major school districts across the metroplex could be shutting down schools for 6 days out of a 10 day stretch (4 days last week and 2 days this week) due to inclement winter weather. That has to be unprecedented for this area of the country !!!!
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Hey orangeblood, what ratio's do you think would be accompanied with this system? Other than last Friday, I haven't seen such good temperature profiles for dendritic growth at DFW like it. You have several layers primed for it, especially in the mid levels.
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Well, let's hope wxman57's thoughts verify and we don't have much of anything post front to worry about. Meanwhile, where are all the Dallas folks? Sick of snow already? I saw a 12z GFS meteogram which showed 3-4 inches of snow for the Big D!
18z NAM 26F AUSTIN at noon now.

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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
downsouthman1 wrote:WS Watches posted for all of NTX.
Snippet from NWS FTW
RAPID CHANGES STILL LOOK TO OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT BY LATE EVENING
AND AFTER...AS FIRST SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...DRAGGING ARCTIC AIRMASS DOWN HIGH
PLAINS AND INTO NW TX/OK/RED RIVER VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT. THE NE
COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE AN INITIAL BACKDOOR OF CURRENT AIRMASS
STILL RESIDING OVER THE OZARKS AND TN VALLEY AND WILL BE JUST
REINFORCED MAINLY AS ARCTIC AIRMASS RACES IN FROM THE NNW AND
REACHES SE COUNTIES BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK. MEANWHILE...UPPER
ENERGY NOW DEEPENING OVER NW STATES/WRN CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO
DEEPEN OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...THEN LIFT ESE
ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AND COMBINE WITH THE FRONT TO USE ISALLOBARIC
VERTICAL MOTIONS TO QUICKLY SATURATE/COOL THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN
BY 12Z/DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY AND BEYOND.
RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET/RAIN/SNOW MIX ACROSS THE
N/NW COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MID
MORNING TO MIDDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...CANTON
LINE. DOWN SOUTH...THE TRANSITION WILL LIKELY OCCUR MORE AFTER
DAYBREAK AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH A RAIN/FREEZING RAIN
TRANSITION BRIEFLY THROUGH MID MORNING...BEFORE GOING TO A RAIN/SLEET
/SNOW MIX BY MIDDAY...THEN LIKELY JUST SLEET OR SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE INCREASE SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO 3-5 ALONG RED RIVER
VALLEY...TO 2-4 INCHES ALONG I-20 CORRIDOR...TO 1-3 JUST SOUTH OF
I-20 WITH SOME POTENTIAL TO SEE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE
ACCUMULATION SOUTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...ATHENS LINE.
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
Ntxw wrote:Hey orangeblood, what ratio's do you think would be accompanied with this system? Other than last Friday, I haven't seen such good temperature profiles for dendritic growth at DFW like it. You have several layers primed for it, especially in the mid levels.
You're right - it does look good but not quite like last Friday !! Last Friday's event look like it averaged out to be anywhere from 16-1 to 17-1 ratios. I think this event will average closer to the 14-1 range. That would put DFW right around the 4-5 inch mark because I'm not even sure any of that qpf will fall as the non-frozen variety.
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orangeblood wrote:You're right - it does look good but not quite like last Friday !! Last Friday's event look like it averaged out to be anywhere from 16-1 to 17-1 ratios. I think this event will average closer to the 14-1 range. That would put DFW right around the 4-5 inch mark because I'm not even sure any of that qpf will fall as the non-frozen variety.
From the get go, I never really saw the rain/sleet/freezing rain thing. It always seemed to me like the precip was going to fall mostly in the cold deep air as snow. But of course fast moving fronts are unpredictable. Every temp profile I looked at had it deep enough for snow except maybe the brief switchover period but it's hard to tell with the lapses between frames. Maybe the NWS has better data for that than I, still just my two cents.
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
Ntxw wrote:orangeblood wrote:You're right - it does look good but not quite like last Friday !! Last Friday's event look like it averaged out to be anywhere from 16-1 to 17-1 ratios. I think this event will average closer to the 14-1 range. That would put DFW right around the 4-5 inch mark because I'm not even sure any of that qpf will fall as the non-frozen variety.
From the get go, I never really saw the rain/sleet/freezing rain thing. It always seemed to me like the precip was going to fall mostly in the cold deep air as snow. But of course fast moving fronts are unpredictable. Every temp profile I looked at had it deep enough for snow except maybe the brief switchover period but it's hard to tell with the lapses between frames. Maybe the NWS has better data for that than I, still just my two cents.
Another difference with this storm when compared to last weeks, there is a lot more wind accompanying this one and so you might see more blowing and drifting snow than what most people are used to around here.
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I'm hoping for some wind it makes for good video. I still think the amounts will go up a bit, I'm thinking closer to 5-6 inch area instead of 2-4.
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
Ntxw wrote:orangeblood wrote:You're right - it does look good but not quite like last Friday !! Last Friday's event look like it averaged out to be anywhere from 16-1 to 17-1 ratios. I think this event will average closer to the 14-1 range. That would put DFW right around the 4-5 inch mark because I'm not even sure any of that qpf will fall as the non-frozen variety.
From the get go, I never really saw the rain/sleet/freezing rain thing. It always seemed to me like the precip was going to fall mostly in the cold deep air as snow. But of course fast moving fronts are unpredictable. Every temp profile I looked at had it deep enough for snow except maybe the brief switchover period but it's hard to tell with the lapses between frames. Maybe the NWS has better data for that than I, still just my two cents.
The HRRR will become our friend tomorrow.
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I don't ever remember this many snow days as a youngster growing up in Plano. Not even 1983-84. That event wasn't known for it's precip though. I'm guessing the most we ever had was 3, maybe 4 max. I am definitely not suggesting anything on the ISD's. These snow days would've been canceled back then too...
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iorange55 wrote:I'm hoping for some wind it makes for good video. I still think the amounts will go up a bit, I'm thinking closer to 5-6 inch area instead of 2-4.
You need to stick to your guns and go with that foot! Seriously, I agree with the 5-6 inch area. It appears this will be one of those situation we'll continue to keep updating amounts as the event unfolds lol doesn't that seem to happen around here a lot lately?
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Re: Texas Winter 2010-2011
Thanks, wall_cloud, for the satellite images of west Texas showing last night's snowfall on the ground. That is interesting. You can really see the effect of elevation.
The coldest it got here during last night's rain was 36° at 10 pm during the heaviest rain. I don't know the temperature profile of the atmosphere at that time, but assuming about 4°/1000 feet, it it was probably snowing 1000 feet above me! The snow across Eastland County and Callahan County, just 90 miles west of me, tends to confirm that.
I have just briefly glanced at the 1800 GFS, and it looks as if some parts of south central and southeast Texas might just see some freezing or frozen precip this time. The Houston NWS discussion doesn't seem to think much of it but I don't see why not.
The coldest it got here during last night's rain was 36° at 10 pm during the heaviest rain. I don't know the temperature profile of the atmosphere at that time, but assuming about 4°/1000 feet, it it was probably snowing 1000 feet above me! The snow across Eastland County and Callahan County, just 90 miles west of me, tends to confirm that.
I have just briefly glanced at the 1800 GFS, and it looks as if some parts of south central and southeast Texas might just see some freezing or frozen precip this time. The Houston NWS discussion doesn't seem to think much of it but I don't see why not.
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