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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2201 Postby Ntxw » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:40 am

ronyan wrote:GFS doing it's flip-flop cold air dance as predicted...just doesn't have a good handle on the pattern yet.


Yep, but at this point those of us and pro mets who follow patterns know it doesn't matter about the flips. We know what its going to do and what's coming, how much of it is the question. I suspect as the days grow closer we will be posting more jaw-dropping, eye-brow raising maps as the resolution on the models get better.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2202 Postby ThunderSleetDreams » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:46 am

LOL at GFS surface temps... -54F in the states
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2203 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:01 am

ThunderSleetDreams wrote:LOL at GFS surface temps... -54F in the states



That's insanity. 1899 kind of stuff. If that were to verify, we'd be at zero in N-Texas. One of the bays on the coast might ice up. Lake Texoma might freeze. Wow. :froze:
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2204 Postby ronyan » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:01 am

ThunderSleetDreams wrote:LOL at GFS surface temps... -54F in the states


Nuts. Isn't -61F the record all time for coldest in the lower 48?
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2205 Postby ThunderSleetDreams » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:02 am

It's something like that...Montana I believe

Yep... -69F in Montana
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2206 Postby ronyan » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:15 am

ThunderSleetDreams wrote:It's something like that...Montana I believe

Yep... -69F in Montana


Also it was in mid-January that the measurement was taken. -50s would be incredible anywhere in the states in the month of December. GFS has gone mad with the cold. :cold:

Not sure what the minimum temps were up North in Dec '89 and '83.
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#2207 Postby TeamPlayersBlue » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:52 am

Looked similar to last week
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2208 Postby ravyrn » Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:40 am

ThunderSleetDreams wrote:It's something like that...Montana I believe

Yep... -69F in Montana


Roger's Pass in MT recorded -69.7 (rounded up -70F) on 1/20/54

Peter's Sink in UT recorded -69F on 2/1/85

During this time Colorado also recorded its lowest temp in Maybell, CO @ -61F on 2/1/85.

North (-34F - 1/21/85) and South Carolina(-19F - 1/21/85) and Virginia (-30F on 1/22/85).

Can anyone post the graphics for weather patterns for January and February of '85?
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2209 Postby ravyrn » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:42 am

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This explains it. A photograph captured by my friend Sarah Higginbotham in SWLA. Balrogs are controlling our weather!
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#2210 Postby KatDaddy » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:16 am

Some light to moderate rains across Central and NTX this morning. Rain chances lowered to 40-50% across SE TX this afternoon and night. Models continue to advertise a strong Arctic blast next weekend. This will be a Winter weather prep weekend……I feel like I am tracking a CAT 3 in the Caribbean Sea that is headed toward the NW GOM and TX Coast.
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#2211 Postby gpsnowman » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:46 am

:uarrow: Agreed. This is going to be fun tracking this and reading all the posts this week as this gets closer. Cant wait!!! :cold:
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2212 Postby Portastorm » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:49 am

Breaking News ....

The Portastorm Weather Center in scenic southwest Travis County has scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. Sunday., to further discuss the upcoming holidays and expected weather. Despite a series of frequent questions from reporters regarding a potential Arctic Outbreak -- of much chatter has been seen online -- for the Christmas holidays, the PWC's lead meteorologist refused comment. However he did make one brief remark, smirking, as he walked away from reporters on the lawn of the PWC ... saying "think Richard III."

Storm 2K will bring you a report following the press conference.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2213 Postby perk » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:55 am

Portastorm wrote:Breaking News ....

The Portastorm Weather Center in scenic southwest Travis County has scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. Sunday., to further discuss the upcoming holidays and expected weather. Despite a series of frequent questions from reporters regarding a potential Arctic Outbreak -- of much chatter has been seen online -- for the Christmas holidays, the PWC's lead meteorologist refused comment. However he did make one brief remark, smirking, as he walked away from reporters on the lawn of the PWC ... saying "think Richard III."

Storm 2K will bring you a report following the press conference.



I for one will be waiting for this conference from PWC.
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#2214 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:16 am

Storm Update from Grayson County - I'm now calling this "Winter Storm Yeti," the storm that is wildly stronger and keeps ice longer.

Today is the NINTH day I've had an inch or more of sleet COVERING my front yard. That's unreal. And I don't mean a few spots with sleet, I mean virtually the whole yard is still white with a covering of sleet.

Today is the first day that Denison and Sherman ISD schools have been to class since they let out early last Thursday afternoon when it started icing up. They missed FIVE full days due to icy roads.

There are still places with ice (it's getting slushy now since we didnt drop below freezing overnight) on side streets and parking lots. Yesterday morning, it was still so icy that I actually spun and slid into a curb on an icy street near my house and dented my tire rim slightly.
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#2215 Postby Texas Snowman » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:18 am

This has also been a tragic winter storm event the last couple of days locally in GC. There was a fatality semi-truck accident yesterday morning in Sherman when the driver hit an icy spot and hit a bridge on Hwy. 75. The day before, a youth here in Grayson County was paralyzed in a sledding type of accident.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2216 Postby ronyan » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:19 am

ravyrn wrote:
ThunderSleetDreams wrote:It's something like that...Montana I believe

Yep... -69F in Montana


Roger's Pass in MT recorded -69.7 (rounded up -70F) on 1/20/54

Peter's Sink in UT recorded -69F on 2/1/85

During this time Colorado also recorded its lowest temp in Maybell, CO @ -61F on 2/1/85.

North (-34F - 1/21/85) and South Carolina(-19F - 1/21/85) and Virginia (-30F on 1/22/85).

Can anyone post the graphics for weather patterns for January and February of '85?


Here's a link to the NOAA write-up for Jan 21 1985. It has a surface and 500mb map showing the polar vortex over Michigan moving toward Maine.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/EventReview ... 850121.php
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2217 Postby wxman57 » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:48 am

Models continue to advertise a major Arctic outbreak across the U.S. next week, with the cold air arriving here in Houston by Saturday the 21st. Though I don't think the models have a great handle on just how cold it might get here, it's fun to follow the temperature forecasts for Christmas week. Take a look at the two meteograms from last night's GFS run. Note on the first plot (00Z - 6pm last evening) that I had to adjust the temperature scale to be wider than on the midnight run (06Z = 12AM today) as the GFS is forecasting dew points (green line) down to -18F. I don't think I've ever seen such dew points in Houston.

Anyway you slice it, Christmas week is looking way too cold for me. Could have a day or two with highs not topping freezing. Going to Home Depot this weekend to pick up some hose bib covers and pipe wrap and check the insulation over the pipes in the attic.

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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2218 Postby gboudx » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:51 am

Portastorm wrote:Breaking News ....

The Portastorm Weather Center in scenic southwest Travis County has scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. Sunday., to further discuss the upcoming holidays and expected weather. Despite a series of frequent questions from reporters regarding a potential Arctic Outbreak -- of much chatter has been seen online -- for the Christmas holidays, the PWC's lead meteorologist refused comment. However he did make one brief remark, smirking, as he walked away from reporters on the lawn of the PWC ... saying "think Richard III."

Storm 2K will bring you a report following the press conference.


What channel will this be on? I'll set the DVR. :D

But seriously, I'll be following even closer next week since we have holiday travel planned for next Saturday. Heading down to the bayou. Literally.
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#2219 Postby Ntxw » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:00 am

You have only seen the tip of the iceberg Texas Snowman, Icemageddon may switch over to Coldmageddon.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014

#2220 Postby wxman57 » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:23 am

Here's a meteogram for DFW from the 00Z GFS. About 72hrs below freezing around Christmas.

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