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#701 Postby Jarodm » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:22 pm

moisture continues to increase out west
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http://www.wfaa.com/weather/radar?radar ... pe=ani&c=y
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#702 Postby ludosc » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:36 pm

temp of 37 and a dewpoint of 28 at my place just west of downtown fort worth according to weather underground...
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#703 Postby BrokenGlassRepublicn » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:40 pm

I'm just east of UTD in Richardson, had to drive up to Central Market, and had consistent drizzle and 37 degrees on my car thermo the entire trip. It seems the atmosphere is moist.
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#704 Postby Snowshoe » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:48 pm

35 here in Carrollton, just need the moisture and hopefully could see some flakes..
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#705 Postby Jarodm » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:54 pm

well i think the atmosphere is moistening up right now we shall see.
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#706 Postby Turtle » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:54 pm

Here are the rainfall total for Texas. I got ~1.5-2" which is okay, but we were forcasted to get 3-5". :(

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#707 Postby Jarodm » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:09 pm

precip is falling apart as it pushes east lol, anybody know what the models are saying for tonight?
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#708 Postby DFW Stormwatcher » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:10 pm

Turtle wrote:Here are the rainfall total for Texas. I got ~1.5-2" which is okay, but we were forcasted to get 3-5". :(

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/fxc/fwd/ ... image1.gif


Anytime you can get that much rain in this cycle is a time to be grateful for sure. Some areas of east Texas did get up to 5", they did mention in the forecast it would depend on training. I think the NWS Fort Worth did an oustanding job forecasting this event. It pretty much unfolded just as predicted. Of course I would love to have seen some snow, but I'll take my 3 inches of rain and be real happy about. Especially the heavy amounts of rain around Lake Lavon and Lake Cooper. Hopefully will be enough to bring us down to stage 2 drought. It would be lovely to get a couple more of these type storms.
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#709 Postby gboudx » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:43 pm

Turtle wrote:Here are the rainfall total for Texas. I got ~1.5-2" which is okay, but we were forcasted to get 3-5". :(


My rain gauge shows just shy of 4" which is almost spot on with the NWS map. So far Lake Lavon has risen about 1'. Needs to go much higher.
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#710 Postby Snowshoe » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:44 pm

Anyone getting and flurries? Updates?
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#711 Postby Ntxw » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:50 pm

Snowshoe wrote:Anyone getting and flurries? Updates?


It's hard to differentiate between drizzle and flurries at night! If there were light snow going on my bet at this hour would be around Decatur. Dew points are very low compared to the temps. Will need heavier precip to bring down sizable flakes.
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Re: Texas Winter 2011-2012...

#712 Postby Jarodm » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:51 pm

nam still has a light snow moving through. 6-12 hours
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#713 Postby gboudx » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:52 pm

I was outside earlier and its just mist. I suppose someone could mistake it for flurries because it's so light it blows easily with the wind. But its not flurries.
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#714 Postby Snowshoe » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:54 pm

Ntxw wrote:
Snowshoe wrote:Anyone getting and flurries? Updates?


It's hard to differentiate between drizzle and flurries at night! If there were light snow going on my bet at this hour would be around Decatur. Dew points are very low compared to the temps. Will need heavier precip to bring down sizable flakes.


There's a light outside of my window and was just outside but kind of a light mist or drizzle but very light, no flakes yet.
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#715 Postby iorange55 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:04 pm

Still have faith for some flurries that you can actually see. Just gotta give it a little time.
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#716 Postby Snowshoe » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:08 pm

iorange55 wrote:Still have faith for some flurries that you can actually see. Just gotta give it a little time.


What's the latest? The radar isnt looking too impressive to me at all! Any models showing anything or changing?
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#717 Postby iorange55 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:11 pm

Snowshoe wrote:
iorange55 wrote:Still have faith for some flurries that you can actually see. Just gotta give it a little time.


What's the latest? The radar isnt looking too impressive to me at all! Any models showing anything or changing?



Still showing about the same. I think as the night goes on the little spots of moisture won't be so quick to fizzle out.
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#718 Postby Snowshoe » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:15 pm

How long is the moisture supposed to stick around? Also I noticed out in far west Texas around el paso that spot on the radar, is it supposed to go north or towards us?
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#719 Postby Jarodm » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:16 pm

yea i was wondering how the models are handeling that feature ill take a look at the nam.

looks like it fizzles out in west texas according to the nam? but wouldnt that be a lift mechanism here in north texas?
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#720 Postby jerryh421 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:21 pm

So i don't know if this is true or not but people down here in Houston are reporting some very light flurries mixed with the drizzle. I walked outside and it looks to me like there is! But how? It doesn't seem cold enough, certainly feels like it though!
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