Texas Winter 2010-2011

[goCoogs]

Either mist or flurries in Jersey Village. I can't tell which. Ice on my car.

[vbhoutex]

Either mist or flurries in Jersey Village. I can't tell which. Ice on my car.

It was freezing mist when I was in that area a few minutes ago. I was looking for flurries. Nice thin glaze of ice on vehicles, bushes, etc. Roads seem to be in good condition in metro Houston so far.

[Cuda17]

Txagwxman,

Eyewitness reports snow in Cypress right now (Grant/Jones).

How can this be? I thought the air column above the clouds was well above freezing?

We've had snowflakes here in Bellville too, but I didn't want to say anything, I was afraid I was seeing things

[southerngale]

NWS has not mentioned any ice problems for this area, but with all this rain falling and temps dropping quickly this afternoon (just went from 41 to 36 in like 5 min. or less ) and it's supposed to get into the low to mid 20s tonight. With it being so wet and still raining, and the precip stretching to the other side of Houston, I'm not sure if we'll even see the sun today.

I'll be out driving in whatever conditions we have tonight, so I hope the roads are ok. Without any warning, the event wasn't canceled and I must attend. I'm kind of sick and not looking forward to it.

[KeriCarter]

Heavy snow/sleet combination currently here in Texarkana. Seems to lighten up for 15 minutes or so and then becomes heavy again. Measured around 3" so far with more or less in some spots.

[srainhoutx]

Light flurries in NW Harris County at this time.

[JenBayles]

Not one flurry or even drizzle now in Bear Creek.

[jerryh421]

Icy here in Montgomery, hopefully the roads aren't already getting like that too!

[wxman57]

Light flurries in NW Harris County at this time.

As I look at the latest RUC sounding for your area, it shows a shallow sub-freezing layer (around 1000ft thick) at the surface and a 8000 ft thick layer of well above-freezing air (into the 40s) just above that surface layer. One would think snow would be impossible with such a sounding. Of course, that depends on if the RUC model sounding is accurate. Nearest RAOB stations are Corpus, Lake Charles, and Longview.

[Ntxw]

The arctic front came in with vengeance but didn't have much staying power as the last one. Getting to the mid 20s in DFW and balmy! . Looking less and less likely school will get canceled again tomorrow. Roads are a little wet by the dry air sure is doing it's dandy job!

Tonight's (tomorrow) record low is 16. If the forecast temp of 10 holds, we'll break the record for the day. Those are rare in these parts nowadays.

[Tireman4]

Light flurries in NW Harris County at this time.

As I look at the latest RUC sounding for your area, it shows a shallow sub-freezing layer (around 1000ft thick) at the surface and a 8000 ft thick layer of well above-freezing air (into the 40s) just above that surface layer. One would think snow would be impossible with such a sounding. Of course, that depends on if the RUC model sounding is accurate. Nearest RAOB stations are Corpus, Lake Charles, and Longview.

What do you think the odds of us (HGX) having soundings in the future?

[Portastorm]

I'm thinking it may be time to "call it" for a winter weather event south of Killeen/Temple for the 2010-11 season. Sure there will be some hard freezes as there always is during March. Possibly a snow/ice threat for DFW remains ... but for my area, I'm thinking we're probably done.

The remainder of February looks pretty nice and the teleconnections do not support any drastic plunges temperature-wise. I'm really thinking this might be it.

[Ntxw]

What do you think the odds of us (HGX) having soundings in the future?

Wall_cloud said a few days ago, not likely to happen and he works for the NWS. NYC, Philly, Boston, Chicago, don't have it either along with Houston, so apparently it's a strategic thing.

[southerngale]

NWS LCH just now issued a Winter Weather Advisory here. Seems kinda late, but what do I know?

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
234 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKES REGIONS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
TONIGHT...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...
BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING...RAIN MAY CHANGEOVER TO A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET...
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...OR LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT.

TXZ201-100000-
/O.EXB.KLCH.WW.Y.0003.110209T2100Z-110210T0000Z/
HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUMBERTON
234 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: RAIN MAY BEGIN MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A
DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH WATER FROM RAINFALL
WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS OR ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

[wxman57]

Light flurries in NW Harris County at this time.

As I look at the latest RUC sounding for your area, it shows a shallow sub-freezing layer (around 1000ft thick) at the surface and a 8000 ft thick layer of well above-freezing air (into the 40s) just above that surface layer. One would think snow would be impossible with such a sounding. Of course, that depends on if the RUC model sounding is accurate. Nearest RAOB stations are Corpus, Lake Charles, and Longview.

What do you think the odds of us (HGX) having soundings in the future?

Slim to none. We spoke with the MIC there and there is no funding for the equipment or to pay someone overtime to make the soundings. We're talking about purchasing the equipment to launch our own soundings ($5000 +$250 per sounding). However, we wouldn't necessarily share that with others unless they help cover the cost.

[Rgv20]

I'm thinking it may be time to "call it" for a winter weather event south of Killeen/Temple for the 2010-11 season. Sure there will be some hard freezes as there always is during March. Possibly a snow/ice threat for DFW remains ... but for my area, I'm thinking we're probably done.

The remainder of February looks pretty nice and the teleconnections do not support any drastic plunges temperature-wise. I'm really thinking this might be it.

I have June 1st circle on my calender

We still have a couple of more nights of freezes for the Rio Grande Valley to contend with.

[jasons2k]

Snow flurries here for the last 45 minutes or so. The RUC sounding must be wrong.....

[Tireman4]

Wow on the soundings...just wow...

[srainhoutx]

Snow flurries here for the last 45 minutes or so. The RUC sounding must be wrong.....

I just passed along the best description I could of what I'm seeing here on the 'local forum'.

[Tejas89]

Tonight's (tomorrow) record low is 16. If the forecast temp of 10 holds, we'll break the record for the day. Those are rare in these parts nowadays.

Indeed. If you look over the record books for DFW there aren't many 2000's represented in there, on the low side. Maybe this decade will swing back the other way... I wonder if 10 is reachable with this unexpected "warm up" this afternoon.